title: Nurse-administered oral hygiene in the hospitalized patient.
abstract: This article is a critical analysis of the literature on nurse-administered oral hygiene in the hospitalized patient. Current practice and trends are examined and recommendations for future practice are made.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peate
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'