Prevention and management catheter-associated urinary tract infection in intensive care unit

Context: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection. Around 80% of UTIs are associated with urinary catheters. Aims: The aim of this study was to review and to describe epidemiology and approaches for the prevention and management of catheter-associated urinary trac...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Rahimi, Khosro Farhadi, Hossein Babaei, Firouz Soleymani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jnmsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2345-5756;year=2019;volume=6;issue=2;spage=98;epage=103;aulast=Rahimi