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Knowledge, practice and associated factors of nurses towards prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in intensive care unit of public hospitals administered by Federal Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institutional-based study

BACKGROUND: Urinary catheterization is one of the most common procedures performed in hospitals specifically, in the intensive care units and is associated with a high risk for acquired urinary tract infections. More than 70% of acquired urinary tract infections are due to catheter use. Nurses are t...

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Autores principales: Teshager, Tilahun, Hussien, Heyria, Kefyalew, Merahi, Wondimneh, Fenta, Ketema, Indeshaw, Habte, Sisay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35841039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00968-1