Bladder management and urinary tract infections in danish hospitals, nursing homes, and home care: A national prevalence study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-221

  Zimakoff, Jette ^a   Stickler, David J ^a,c   Pontoppidan, Birgitte ^a   Larsen, Severin O ^b  

^a National Center for Hospital Hygiene Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030112890     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141023     Document Type: Article

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