Effectiveness of Multifaceted Hospitalwide Quality Improvement Programs Featuring an Intervention to Remove Unnecessary Urinary Catheters at a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

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