Reducing inappropriate urinary catheter use: A statewide effort

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Fakih, Mohamad G ^a,b   Watson, Sam R ^c   Greene, M Todd ^d   Kennedy, Edward H ^d,f   Olmsted, Russell N ^g   Krein, Sarah L ^d,e,f   Saint, Sanjay ^d,e,f  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY CATHETER;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84857393212     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.627     Document Type: Article

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