5 Tips to Avoid Infection in the Hospital

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Patient Channel Staff on Apr 29, 2009 at 2:24PM

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5 Tips to Avoid Infection in the Hospital

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Question the Catheter


If you or your loved one has a urinary catheter, you should ask every day if it is still needed for care, and if not, that it be removed. This will remove a possible entry point for bacteria.

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