A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in US hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,d   Kowalski, Christine P ^a   Forman, Jane ^a   Damschroder, Laura ^a   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,b   Kaufman, Samuel R ^a,b   Creswell, John W ^c   Krein, Sarah L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service ^*  (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 40949149574     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529589     Document Type: Article

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