Catheter-associated urinary tract infection in primary and community health care

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 477-481

  Getliffe, Kathryn ^a   Newton, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health services; Elderly; Infection control; Urinary catheterisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748041488     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl052     Document Type: Article

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