Clinician practice and the National Healthcare Safety Network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated urinary tract infection

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1173-1177

  Al Qas Hanna, Fadi ^a   Sambirska, Oksana ^a   Iyer, Sugantha ^a   Szpunar, Susanna ^a   Fakih, Mohamad G ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Device; Health care associated infection; Infection diagnosis; Urinary catheters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETER; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

DEVICE; HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INFECTION DIAGNOSIS; URINARY CATHETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84888440784     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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