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- Title
Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study.
- Authors
Saint, Sanjay; Kowalski, Christine P; Kaufman, Samuel R; Hofer, Timothy P; Kauffman, Carol A; Olmsted, Russell N; Forman, Jane; Banaszak-Holl, Jane; Damschroder, Laura; Krein, Sarah L
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/524662