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Evaluation of an intervention program to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in an ICU in a rural Egypt hospital

Aim: Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are the most common hospital-acquired infection in ICUs. The aim of this study was to estimate the effectiveness of an intervention program by implementing urinary catheter bundle elements to reduce the CAUTI frequency in an ICU. Methods: The...

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Autores principales: Amine, Amira Ezzat Khamis, Helal, Mohamed Omar Mohamed, Bakr, Wafaa Mohamed Kamel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25152860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000235