The excessive use of urinary catheters in patients hospitalized in university hospital wards

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1087-1093

  de Conterno, Lucieni Oliveira ^a   Lobo, Juliana Andrade ^b   Masson, Wallan ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE MARÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infection; Nursing; Urinary catheterization; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355135075     PISSN: 00806234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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