Preventing Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection in the United States: A National Study | Zendy

Sanjay Saint | Zendy; Christine P. Kowalski | Zendy; Samuel R. Kaufman | Zendy; Timothy P. Hofer | Zendy; Carol A. Kauffman | Zendy; Russell N. Olmsted | Zendy; Jacqueline Forman | Zendy; Jane BanaszakHoll | Zendy; Laura J. Damschroder | Zendy; Sarah L. Krein | Zendy

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Preventing Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection in the United States: A National Study

Author(s) -

Sanjay Saint,

Christine P. Kowalski,

Samuel R. Kaufman,

Timothy P. Hofer,

Carol A. Kauffman,

Russell N. Olmsted,

Jacqueline Forman,

Jane BanaszakHoll,

Laura J. Damschroder,

Sarah L. Krein

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/524662

Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , veterans affairs , infection control , emergency medicine , catheter , intensive care medicine , surgery

Although urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in the United States, to our knowledge, no national data exist describing what hospitals in the United States are doing to prevent this patient safety problem. We conducted a national study to examine the current practices used by hospitals to prevent hospital-acquired UTI.

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