Prevention and control of catheter-associated urinary tract infections – implementation of the recommendations of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) in nursing homes for the elderly in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Introduction: Urinary tract infections range among the most frequent infections not only in hospital patients but also in residents of long-term care facilities for the elderly. Urinary catheters are the greatest risk factor for urinary tract infections. In the guidance paper on the “prevention of i...

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Autores principales: Heudorf, Ursel, Gasteyer, Stefanie, Müller, Maria, Samoiski, Yvonne, Serra, Nicole, Westphal, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000275

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000275

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