Interventions to improve professional adherence to guidelines for prevention of device-related infections

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Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Flodgren, Gerd ^a   Conterno, Lucieni O ^b   Mayhew, Alain ^c   Omar, Omar ^d   Pereira, Cresio Romeu ^e   Shepperd, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Marilia Medical School   (Brazil)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Municipal Health Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CATHETER INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WARD; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880099396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006559.pub2     Document Type: Review

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