A chart audit of factors related to urine flow and urinary tract infection

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-262

  Wilde, Mary H ^a,b   Jo Carrigan, Mary ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Chronic illness; Home care; Nursing; Urinary catheter; Urinary tract infection; Urine flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE VOLUME; CAREGIVER; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION;

EID: 0141940674     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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