A multifaceted approach to reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit with an emphasis on stewardship of culturing

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 186-188

  Mullin, Katherine M ^a   Kovacs, Christopher S ^a   Fatica, Cynthia ^a   Einloth, Colette ^a   Neuner, Elizabeth A ^a   Guzman, Jorge A ^a   Kaiser, Eric ^a   Menon, Venu ^a   Castillo, Leticia ^a   Popovich, Marc J ^b   Manno, Edward M ^c   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Fraser, Thomas G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; OHIO; PROCEDURES; URINE; UTILIZATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OHIO; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 85009888090     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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