VAP free for 1000 days, it can be done

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-424

  Benson, Shelley ^a   Johnson, Alexia ^a   Petera, Catherine ^a  

^a Wyoming Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle protocol; Polyurethane endotracheal tube; Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884257646     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e3182a1eb01     Document Type: Article

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