Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Nursing Homes: Implications for Quality Improvement Efforts

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2204-2209

  Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b   DuBeau, Catherine ^a,b   Mazor, Kathleen ^a,b   Sreedhara, Meera ^a,b   Lemay, Celeste ^a   Spenard, Ann ^c   Pandolfi, Michelle ^c   Johnson, Florence ^c   Field, Terry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

Author keywords

CAUTI; healthcare associated infections; nursing home; urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINE CULTURE; URINE RETENTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; HOME FOR THE AGED; INDWELLING CATHETER; LONG TERM CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY RETENTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY RETENTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84992515542     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14464     Document Type: Article

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