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Achieving Zero Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Wei-Ya Cheng ,
Hsin-Lan Lin ,
Yu-Hsiu Lin ,
Chih-Cheng Lai  and
Chien-Ming Chao
Wei-Ya Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
Hsin-Lan Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
Yu-Hsiu Lin
Affiliation:
Committee of Infection Control, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
Chih-Cheng Lai
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
Chien-Ming Chao*
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan
*
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan (ccm870958@yahoo.com.tw).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 746 - 747
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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