Effectiveness of multifaceted hospitalwide quality improvement programs featuring an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters at a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 791-798

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Thongphubeth, Kanokporn ^a   Sirinvaravong, Sirinaj ^a   Kitkangvan, Danai ^a   Yuekyen, Chananart ^a   Warachan, Boonyasit ^b   Warren, David K ^c   Fraser, Victoria J ^c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; THAILAND; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34447316736     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518453     Document Type: Article

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