Evidence-Based Clinical Pathways To Manage Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Qualitative Case Study Describing Administrator and Nursing Staff Views

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 477-484

  Lohfeld, Lynne ^a   Loeb, Mark ^a   Brazil, Kevin ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph's Health System Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; clinical pathway; Elderly; focus groups; long term care facilities; nursing home; qualitative research; United States; UTI

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 34548388380     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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