The long-term outcome of a multifaceted intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia: Can zero really be achieved?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 613-614

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Warren, David K ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PRECAUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENT CONTAMINATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 80052038490     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.010     Document Type: Letter

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