A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 2111-2119

  Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,c   Greene, M Todd ^a,b,c   Krein, Sarah L ^a,b,c   Rogers, Mary A M ^b,c   Ratz, David ^a,c   Fowler, Karen E ^a,c   Edson, Barbara S ^f   Watson, Sam R ^d   Meyer Lucas, Barbara ^d   Masuga, Marie ^d   Faulkner, Kelly ^f   Gould, Carolyn V ^g   Battles, James ^h   Fakih, Mohamad G ^e  

^a Ann Arbor Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Michigan Health and Hospital Association   (United States)

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

^f Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL CARE OUTCOME; DEVICE SAFETY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; UPPER URINARY TRACT CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84973333484     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1504906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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