Bacteriuria detection with a urine dipstick applied to incontinence pads of nursing home residents

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 206-209

  Midthun, Susan J ^a   Paur, Ruth A ^b   Lindseth, Glenda ^a   Von Duvillard, Serge P ^c  

^a Department of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0042412487     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4572(03)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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