Multiresistant bacterial colonization due to increased nurse workload in a neurology intensive care unit

Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Celen, Mustafa K ^a,b   Tamam, Yusuf ^a   Hosoglu, Salih ^a   Ayaz, Celal ^a   Geyik, Mehmet F ^a   Apak, Ismail ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTICE ACT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845999913     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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