Indwelling urinary catheter management and catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention practices in Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 715-720

  Fink, Regina ^a   Gilmartin, Heather ^b   Richard, Angela ^c   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^d   Boltz, Marie ^d   Wald, Heidi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HAI; Indwelling urinary catheter care practice; Infection prevention; Nosocomial infection; Nursing care; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; NURSING CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863720044     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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