Reduction of the door-to-needle time for administration of antibiotics in patients with a severe infection: A tailored intervention project

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-127

  van Tuijn, C F J ^a   Luitse, J S ^a   van der Valk, M ^a   van Wissen, S ^a   Prins, M ^a   Rosmulder, R ^a   Geerlings, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Door to needle time; Hospital stay; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950538387     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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