Indwelling catheter care: Dispelling the misconceptions

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-89

  Evans, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; GERIATRIC NURSING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRAINAGE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0033085194     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gn.1999.v20.97010     Document Type: Article

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