Encrustations of the urinary catheter and prevention strategies: an observational study.
Patients with an indwelling urinary catheter are at risk of developing urinary tract infection: for each day of the catheter remaining in situ, there is an increasing risk from 3% to 7% for infection to appear. One of the main complications of catheterization is the onset of encrustations, frequentl...
| Published in: | International Journal of Urological Nursing Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 138 - 143 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2015
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