Effects of a catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention campaign on infection rate, catheter utilization, and health care workers' perspective at a community safety net hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-116

  Gray, Dorinne ^a   Nussle, Richard ^b   Cruz, Abner ^a   Kane, Gail ^a   Toomey, Michael ^a   Bay, Curtis ^b   Ostovar, Gholamabbas Amin ^a  

^a Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Catheter associated urinary tract infection prevention; Urinary catheter; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84954041895     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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