Introduction of a waterless hand gel was associated with a reduced rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit [2]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1015-1016

  Winston, Lisa G ^a   Felt, Sue C ^a   Huang, Wei Hsiang ^a   Chambers III, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GEL; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 10844281009     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503494     Document Type: Letter

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