Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the united states a national comparative study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 874-879

  Saint, Sanjay ^a,b   Greene, M Todd ^b   Kowalski, Christine P ^a,b   Watson, Sam R ^c   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,b   Krein, Sarah L ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Michigan Health and Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL URINARY CATHETER; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONDOM CATHETER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878512866     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.101     Document Type: Article

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