Active training and surveillance: 2 good friends to reduce urinary catheterization rate

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 692-695

  Marigliano, Anna ^a   Barbadoro, Pamela ^a   Pennacchietti, Lucia ^a   D'Errico, Marcello M ^a   Prospero, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Catheter associated urinary tract infection; CAUTI; Educational training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIURESIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867049123     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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