A comparison of two methods of sterile urethral catheterisation in spinal cord injured adults

Paraplegia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-33

  Pickard, W G ^a   Grundy, D J ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handwashing; Spinal cord injury; Sterile urethral catheterisation; Urinary infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 28144436769     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.5     Document Type: Article

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