Surveillance cultures in intensive care units: A nationwide survey on current practice providing future perspectives

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 885.e7-885.e12

  Scholte, Johannes B J ^a   van Mook, Walther N K A ^a   Linssen, Catharina F M ^b   van Dessel, Helke A ^a   Bergmans, Dennis C J J ^a   Savelkoul, Paul H M ^a   Roekaerts, Paul M H J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultures; Decision making; Epidemiology; Intensive care units; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; SURVEILLANCE CULTURE; TRACHEA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTENSIVE CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROORGANISM; PATIENT MONITORING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84906043309     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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