Urethral catheters: Can we reduce use?

BMC Urology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Den Broek, Pieter J ^a   Wille, Jan C ^b   Van Benthem, Birgit H B ^c   Perenboom, Rom J M ^d   Van Den Akker Van Marle, M Elske ^a,d   Nil Weise, Barbara S ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e The Dutch Working Party Infection Control   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; URETHRAL CATHETER; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956212583     PISSN: 14712490     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2490-11-10     Document Type: Article

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