Role of duration of catheterization and length of hospital stay on the rate of catheter-related hospital-acquired urinary tract infections

OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to prove that duration of catheterization and length of hospital stay (LOS) are associated with the rate of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI), while taking into account type of urinary catheter used, the most common organisms found, patient diagnosis on admission...

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Autor principal: Al-Hazmi, Hamdan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848551
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S75419

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848551
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRU.S75419

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