Reducing sepsis mortality

MEDSURG Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-14

  Lopez Bushnell, Kathy ^a   Demaray, William S ^a   Jaco, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Great River Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MORTALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901827718     PISSN: 10920811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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