Prospective assessment of hospital-acquired bloosdstream infections: How many may be preventable?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bonnal, Christine ^a   Mourvillier, Bruno ^a   Bronchard, Régis ^a   De Paula, Danielle ^a   Armand Lefevre, Laurence ^a   L'Heriteau, François ^a   Quenon, Jean Luc ^b   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78249250555     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.030296     Document Type: Article

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