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Multicenter Cohort Study to Assess the Impact of a Silver-Alloy and Hydrogel-Coated Urinary Catheter on Symptomatic Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a silver-alloy hydrogel catheter on symptomatic catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). DESIGN: Multicenter before-after non-randomized cohort study. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Seven acute care hospitals ranging in size from...

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Autores principales: Lederer, James W., Jarvis, William R., Thomas, Lendon, Ritter, Jaime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24922561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000056