A hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Trautner, Barbara W ^a,b   Kelly, P Adam ^a,c,d   Petersen, Nancy ^a,b   Hysong, Sylvia ^a,b   Kell, Harrison ^a   Liao, Kershena S ^b   Patterson, Jan E ^e   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACTERIURIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL AUDIT; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 79957917670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-41     Document Type: Article

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