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Avoiding inappropriate urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): a pre-post control intervention study

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) as the most common healthcare-associated infection accounts for up to 36% of all healthcare-associated infections. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) accounts for up to 80% of these. In many instances indwelling urinary catheter (IDC) insert...

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Autores principales: Parker, Vicki, Giles, Michelle, Graham, Laura, Suthers, Belinda, Watts, Wendy, O’Brien, Tony, Searles, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28464815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2268-2