Identifying key factors that affect care home catheterisation rates: Changing practice through audit

Journal of Infection Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-69

  Lomas, G M ^a   Howell Jones, R ^b   McNulty, C A M ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Care homes; Community; Elderly; Guidance; Questionnaire; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249159418     PISSN: 17571774     EISSN: 17571782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757177408098142     Document Type: Article

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