Reduction of unnecessary use of indwelling urinary catheters

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 984-988

  Janzen, Jolien ^a   Buurman, Bianca M ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^a   De Reijke, Theo M ^a   Goossens, Astrid ^a   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892596416     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001908     Document Type: Article

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