AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 589-593 , November 2007

Emergency room staff education and use of a urinary catheter indication sheet improves appropriate use of foley catheters

  • Ramana Murthy Gokula, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sparrow/Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program, Lansing, MI
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  • Mindy Ann Smith, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mindy A Smith, MD, MS, PMB 281, 4155 Deep Lake Boundary Road, Colville, WA 99114.
    • ,
  • John Hickner, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI

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PII: S0196-6553(07)00092-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.12.004

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 589-593 , November 2007

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