The VINCat Program: Quality and safety improvements in Catalonia. Editorial

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Trilla, Antoni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agència d'Informació Avaluació i Qualitat en Salut ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHECKLIST; CROSS INFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84863607685     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(12)70088-5     Document Type: Editorial

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