Preventing infection in elders with long-term indwelling urinary catheters

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Muzzi Bjornson, Linda ^a   Macera, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Geriatric; Gerontology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; OM 89;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRANBERRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 79952095583     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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