Long-term outcome of an intervention to remove unnecessary urinary catheters, with and without a quality improvement team, in a Thai tertiary care center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1094-1095

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Suwannakin, Akeruetai ^a   Maungboon, Puritat ^a   Warren, David K ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PROGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 54949123093     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591743     Document Type: Letter

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