Disposable bedpads for incontinence: Predicting their clinical leakage properties using laboratory tests

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 347-359

  Cottenden, A M ^a,b   Dean, G E ^a,b   Brooks, R J ^a   Haines Nutt, R F ^c   Rothwell, J G ^d   Penfold, P H ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c S Western Regional Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbency; Clinical technical correlations; Incontinence; Incontinence pads; Standards

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PATIENT TREATMENT; PERFORMANCE;

ABSORBENCY; INCONTINENCE; INCONTINENCE BEDPADS;

HOSPITAL BEDS;

ABSORPTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME;

ABSORPTION; BEDDING AND LINENS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROGNOSIS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032122265     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(98)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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