Foley catheter practices and knowledge among Minnesota physicians

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 694-700

  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

prevention; Urinary catheter; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REIMBURSEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MINNESOTA; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78049390937     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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