Effectiveness of a multidimensional approach for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in 21 adult intensive-care units from 10 cities in India: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2483-2491

  Mehta, Y ^a   Jaggi, N ^b   Rosenthal, V D ^c   Rodrigues, C ^d   Todi, S K ^e   Saini, N ^f   Udwadia, F E ^g   Karlekar, A ^h   Kothari, V ⁱ   Myatra, S N ^j   Chakravarthy, M ^k   Singh, S ^l   Dwivedy, A ^m   Sen, N ⁿ   Sahu, S ^o  

^a MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

^b ARTEMIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^c International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium   (Argentina)

^d P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^e AMRI HOSPITALS   (India)

^f Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital   (India)

^g BREACH CANDY HOSPITAL   (India)

^h ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

ⁱ Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital   (India)

^j TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^k Fortis Hospitals   (India)

^l AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^m Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital Mumbai   (India)

ⁿ CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^o Kalinga Hospital Ltd   (India)

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Author keywords

Developing countries; device associated infection; hand hygiene; infection control; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84892442400     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000381     Document Type: Article

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