Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a quality indicator for patient safety?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-563

  Uçkay, Ilker ^a   Ahmed, Qanta A ^b   Sax, Hugo ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38849176306     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526534     Document Type: Review

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