Towards zero rate in healthcare-associated infections: One size shall not fit all...

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lisboa, Thiago ^a,b,c   Rello, Jordi ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Irmandade da Santa Casa de Miserico rdia de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; STANDARDS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84877654906     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12590     Document Type: Note

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