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Factors Associated with Not Removing Urinary Catheter after Reminder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Suwimon Khusuwan ,
Pornvimol Leethong ,
Nontalee Thongsong ,
Paisan Techawaleekul  and
Thana Khawcharoenporn
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Suwimon Khusuwan
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Pornvimol Leethong
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Nontalee Thongsong
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Paisan Techawaleekul
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Chulalonkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Thana Khawcharoenporn
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 8 , August 2012 , pp. 860 - 861
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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