Association between implementation of CDC recommendations and ventilator-associated pneumonia at selected US hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-227

  Manangan, Lilia P ^a   Banerjee, Shailen N ^b   Jarvis, William R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMIDIFIER; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY;

EID: 0034124110     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.106278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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