Should antibiotics be prescribed when urinary catheters are removed?

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Nazarko, Linda ^a  

^a Ealing NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; Infection control; Safety and wellbeing; Urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051528827     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2011.16.8.374     Document Type: Article

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