Preventing device-associated infections in US hospitals: National surveys from 2005 to 2013

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 385-392

  Krein, Sarah L ^a,b   Fowler, Karen E ^a   Ratz, David ^a   Meddings, Jennifer ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; MOUTHWASH;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETER; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL URINARY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; DEVICE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRENDS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84929624736     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003870     Document Type: Article

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