Sepsis – Knowledge of non-physician personnel in Africa: A cross-sectional study in Malawian district hospitals;Sepsis – Kenntnisstand des nichtärztlichen Personals in Afrika: Eine Querschnittstudie in malawischen Distriktkrankenhäusern

Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-54

  Peltola, L ^a   Goddia, C ^a   Namboya, F ^b   Brunkhorst, F M ^c   Pollach, G ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia clinical officers; Effect of training; Quality control; Surviving Sepsis Campaign; Therapy standards

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALAWI; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALAWI; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921707721     PISSN: 21936218     EISSN: 21936226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-013-0215-5     Document Type: Article

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