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Does the Composition of Urinary Catheters Influence Clinical Outcomes and the Results of Research Studies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher J. Crnich  and
Paul J. Drinka
Christopher J. Crnich*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison
Paul J. Drinka
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine / Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin—Madison Wisconsin Veterans Home, King Medical College of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee
*
University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, CSC H4/572, Madison, WI 53792 (cjc@medicine.wisc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 102 - 103
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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