Implementation and enforcement of ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention strategies in trauma patients

Surgical Infections

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Heimes, Jessica ^a   Braxton, Carla ^a   Nazir, Niaman ^b   Shik, Nina ^b   Carlton, Elizabeth ^a   Lansford, Todd ^a   Alley, John ^a   McDonnell, Jessica ^a   Rogers, Tracy ^a   Moncure, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79955751280     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2009.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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