Preventive efficacy and cost-effectiveness of point-of-use water filtration in a subacute care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-71

  Holmes, Charity ^a   Cervia, Joseph S ^b,c   Ortolano, Girolamo A ^c   Canonica, Francis P ^c  

^a So Coast Medical Center   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WATER FILTRATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SUBACUTE CARE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 74449091179     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.04.284     Document Type: Article

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