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Variations in risk perceptions: a qualitative study of why unnecessary urinary catheter use continues to be problematic

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, April 2013
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Title
Variations in risk perceptions: a qualitative study of why unnecessary urinary catheter use continues to be problematic
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-13-151
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Authors

Molly Harrod, Christine P Kowalski, Sanjay Saint, Jane Forman, Sarah L Krein

Abstract

Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most commonly acquired health care associated infections within the United States. We examined the implementation of an initiative to prevent CAUTI, to better understand how health care providers' perceptions of risk influenced their use of prevention practices and the potential impact these risk perceptions have on patient care decisions. Understanding such perceptions are critical for developing more effective approaches to ensure the successful uptake of key patient safety practices and thus safer care for hospitalized patients.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
India 1 1%
Unknown 64 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 25%
Student > Postgraduate 8 12%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 9%
Other 6 9%
Other 13 19%
Unknown 9 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 37%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 22%
Social Sciences 5 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Computer Science 2 3%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 12 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 September 2013.
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#3,902,428
of 24,484,013 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#1,730
of 8,272 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#31,467
of 197,599 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#25
of 113 outputs
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