Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
² Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Medicine, Universit.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada6Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Controlled Clinical Trial

Jerome A Leis et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;176(1):113-5.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6319.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
² Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Department of Medicine, Universit.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada6Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Comment in

Risks Associated With Catheters.
Covinsky KE. Covinsky KE. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Jan;176(1):115. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6443. JAMA Intern Med. 2016. PMID: 26571025 No abstract available.
Re: Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards.
Schaeffer EM. Schaeffer EM. J Urol. 2016 Nov;196(5):1456. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.08.058. Epub 2016 Aug 18. J Urol. 2016. PMID: 27751458 No abstract available.