Education reduces ventilator-associated pneumonia rates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-

  Labeau, Sonia O ^a   Vandijck, Dominique M ^b,c   Vandewoude, Koenraad H ^a,c   Blot, Stijn I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; NURSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 39349085222     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526344     Document Type: Letter

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