What we don't know may hurt us: Urinary drainage system tubing coils and CA-UTIs—A prospective quality study

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections account for >30% of infections in acute care hospitals. We hypothesized that coiling of/kinks in the indwelling urinary bladder catheter (IUBC) drainage bag tubing would increase the occurrence of infection/bacteriuria. Ninety-one patient events were e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2013-12, Vol.41 (12), p.1278-1280
Hauptverfasser:	Kubilay, Zeynep, MD, Archibald, Lennox K., MD, PhD, Kirchner, H. Lester, PhD, Layon, A. Joseph, MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the urinary system Biological and medical sciences Catheter-associated urinary tract infection Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology Catheter-Related Infections - prevention & control Catheters Coiled tubing Drainage Epidemiology. Vaccinations Female Fever General aspects Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Human bacterial diseases Humans Indwelling urinary bladder catheter Infection Infection Control Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Intensive care Male Medical sciences Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nosocomial infections Prospective Studies Temperature Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control Urinary tract. Prostate gland Urine
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