Regional Variation in Urinary Catheter Use and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Results from a National Collaborative
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Regional variation in urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infection: results from a national collaborative.
OBJECTIVE To examine regional variation in the use and appropriateness of indwelling urinary catheters and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS US acute care hospitals. METHODS Hospitals were divided into 4 regions according to the US Census Bureau. Baseline data on urinary catheter use, catheter appropriateness, and C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/677825