- Abstract:
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Introduction
Harm from catheter-associated urinary tract infections is a common, potentially avoidable, healthcare complication. Variation in catheter prevalence may exist and provide opportunity for reducing harm, yet to date is poorly understood. This study aimed to determine variation in the prevalence of urinary catheters between patient groups, settings, specialities and over time.
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A prospective study (July 2012 to April 2016) of National Health Servi...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's version
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Open Journal website
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- e013842
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-09
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2044-6055
- ISSN:
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2044-6055
- Pubs id:
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pubs:702241
- URN:
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uri:d2f367ff-f725-4425-b4a2-6202a765f24c
- UUID:
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uuid:d2f367ff-f725-4425-b4a2-6202a765f24c
- Local pid:
- pubs:702241
- Copyright holder:
- Vincent et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Variation in the prevalence of urinary catheters: a profile of National Health Service patients in England
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