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'We tend to get pad happy': a qualitative study of health practitioners' perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital.

John PercivalKatharine AbbottTheresa AllainRachel BradleyFiona CrampJenny L DonovanCandy McCabeKyra NeubauerSabi RedwoodNikki Cotterill
Published in: BMJ open quality (2021)
Findings help explain the persistence of barriers to providing good quality care for patients aged 65 years and over with incontinence. Resolute continence promotion, in hospitals and throughout the National Health Service, would reduce reliance on products and the accompanying risks of patient dependency and catheter-associated gram-negative bacteraemia. Robust assessment and care planning, open communication and regular continence care training would assist such promotion and also help mitigate resource limitations by developing safer, time-efficient continence care.
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