Achieving near-zero and zero: Who said interventions and controls don't matter?

JAVA - Journal of the Association for Vascular Access

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-163

  Matocha, Donna ^a  

^a Rush Copley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter infections; Central lines; CLABSI; Zero

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84893059816     PISSN: 15528855     EISSN: 15571289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.java.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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