Knowledge of evidence-based urinary catheter care practice recommendations among healthcare workers in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1532-1537

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Saint, Sanjay ^a,c,d   Galecki, Andrzej ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing homes; translating research into practice; urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRIGATION; CATHETER CARE; CLEANING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INDWELLING CATHETER; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 77955240559     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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