Internet survey of Foley catheter practices and knowledge among Minnesota nurses

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Drekonja, Dimitri M ^a,b   Kuskowski, Michael A ^a   Johnson, James R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; prevention; Urinary catheter; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BALLOON CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNGEMIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; MINNESOTA; NURSES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 74449092462     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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