Outcomes of a ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and other health care-associated infections in a long-term acute care hospital setting

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 536-538

  Sulis, Carol A ^a,b   Walkey, Allan J ^a   Abadi, Yafet ^b   Campbell Reardon, Christine ^a,b   Joyce Brady, Martin ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Radius Specialty Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

HAI; LTACH; VAP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG-TERM CARE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84899546294     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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