Medical directive for urinary catheter removal by nurses on general medicalwards

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-115

  Leis, Jerome A ^a,b   Corpus, Carla ^a   Rahmani, Armin ^b   Catt, Barbara ^a   Wong, Brian M ^a,b   Callery, Sandra ^a   Vearncombe, Mary ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WARD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PROCEDURES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENTS' ROOMS; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84954533570     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6319     Document Type: Letter

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