Safety in critical care and pulmonary medicine: Should ventilator- associated pneumonia be a quality indicator for patient safety?

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-32

  Lisboa, Thiago ^a   Craven, Donald E ^b,c   Rello, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care bundles; Infection control; Intensive care unit; Prevention; Safety; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 67650364044     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e3181940508     Document Type: Review

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