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The high impact actions for nursing and midwifery 5: protection from infection.

Liz Ward1, Katherine Fenton, Lynn Maher.   

Abstract

Four out of every five urinary tract infections can be traced to indwellng catheters. If the number of these infections is to be reduced significantly, nurses need to implement best practice for catheter care, and only catheterise patients when absolutely necessary.

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Year:  2010        PMID： 20806645

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Nurs Times        ISSN： 0954-7762


  2 in total

1.  epic3: national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals in England.

Authors:  H P Loveday; J A Wilson; R J Pratt; M Golsorkhi; A Tingle; A Bak; J Browne; J Prieto; M Wilcox
Journal:  J Hosp Infect       Date:  2014-01       Impact factor: 3.926

Review 2.  Implementation of a patient-held urinary catheter passport to improve catheter management, by prompting for early removal and enhancing patient compliance.

Authors:  Jane Codd
Journal:  J Infect Prev       Date:  2013-11-28
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