Oral care practices in intensive care units: A survey of 59 European ICUs

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1066-1070

  Rello, Jordi ^a   Koulenti, Despoina ^b   Blot, Stijn ^c   Sierra, Rafael ^d   Diaz, Emili ^a   De Waele, Jan J ^c   Macor, Antonio ^e   Agbaht, Kemal ^f   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Key words; Mouth wash; Oral care; Pneumonia; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; TOOTHBRUSH;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSES; ORAL HEALTH;

EID: 34249718290     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0605-3     Document Type: Review

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