Use of silver-hydrogel urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Lai, Kwan Kew ^a   Fontecchio, Sally A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

EID: 0036260384     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.120128     Document Type: Article

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