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Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Hospitalized Patients: When in Doubt, Pull It Out

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul B. Cornia  and
Benjamin A. Lipsky
Paul B. Cornia*
Affiliation:
Primary and Specialty Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Benjamin A. Lipsky
Affiliation:
Primary and Specialty Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
*
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington School of Medicine, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108 (paul.cornia@med.va.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 9 , September 2008 , pp. 820 - 822
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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