Continual improvement in ventilator acquired pneumonia bundle compliance: A retrospective case matched review

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 255-262

  Beattie, Michelle ^a   Shepherd, Ashley ^a   Maher, Shaun ^b   Grant, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bundles; Care processes; Quality improvement; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866350813     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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