Reducing indwelling urinary catheter use in the emergency department: A successful quality-improvement initiative

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 237-244

  Scott, Robin A ^a   Oman, Kathleen S ^a   Makic, Mary Beth Flynn ^a   Fink, Regina M ^a   Hulett, Teri M ^a   Braaten, Jane S ^b   Severyn, Fred ^c   Wald, Heidi L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899980628     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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