1464. The Utility of Double Balloon Urinary Catheter in Reducing Rates of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

BACKGROUND: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) have been shown to increase hospital length of stay, healthcare costs, morbidity, and mortality. Studies that evaluate the role of urinary catheter design in preventing CAUTI are lacking. One such design is the double-balloon (DB) urin...

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Autores principales: Katzman, Ju Hee, Garcia, Cristina Vanessa, Lakshmi, Seetha, Thompson, Peggy, Archibald, Lennox
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808901/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1328

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