The use of bundles in clinical practice;L'utilizzo dei bundle nella pratica clinica

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Ruscitti, Luca Enrico ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bundle; Healthcare associated infections; Surgical site infection; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 54849413652     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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