Avoiding potential harm by improving appropriateness of urinary catheter use in 18 emergency departments

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Fakih, Mohamad G ^a,b   Heavens, Michelle ^c   Grotemeyer, Julie ^c   Szpunar, Susanna M ^a   Groves, Clariecia ^c   Hendrich, Ann ^c  

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

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Clinical Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY CATHETER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84901229620     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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