Interobserver variability in the assessment of clinical criteria for suspected urinary tract infection in nursing home residents

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-449

  Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a   Tinetti, Mary ^a   Perrelli, Eleanor ^a   Towle, Virginia ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Quagliarello, Vincent ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 42549086375     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/586721     Document Type: Article

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