Making sure infection prevention is your cornerstone of catheter care
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Making sure infection prevention is your cornerstone of catheter care

Erin Dean Health journalist

Nurses have a crucial role to play in catheter management, promoting hygiene and preventing serious infections

More than one in ten (13%) NHS patients in England have a catheter, research suggests.

Nursing Standard. 36, 9, 57-60. doi: 10.7748/ns.36.9.57.s22

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