Adoption of policies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in United States intensive care units

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 705-710

  Conway, Laurie J ^a   Pogorzelska, Monika ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a,b   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Infection control; Policy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONDOM CATHETER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867072456     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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