Impact of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bénet, Thomas ^a,b   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^a   Argaud, Laurent ^a   Vanhems, Philippe ^a,b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84869505043     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11484     Document Type: Article

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