Quality gaps in documenting urinary catheter use and infectious outcomes

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 793-799

  Trautner, Barbara W ^a,b   Patterson, Jan E ^c,d   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,b   Hysong, Sylvia ^a,b   Horwitz, Deborah ^a,b   John Chen, G ^a,b   Grota, Patti ^d   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LONG-TERM CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84880062724     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671267     Document Type: Article

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