A review of oral preventative strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 116-122

  Andrews, Tom ^a   Steen, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine gluconate; Critical care nursing; Effectiveness of health care intervention; Infection prevention; Oral care; Oral decontamination; Oral hygiene; Tooth brushing; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

HUMAN; REVIEW; TOOTH BRUSHING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84876304818     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12002     Document Type: Review

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