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Impact of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study

INTRODUCTION: The preventive impact of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) surveillance is difficult to assess. Our objective was to investigate the effect of HAI surveillance disruption on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence. METHODS: A quasi-experimental study with an intervention group...

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Autores principales: Bénet, Thomas, Allaouchiche, Bernard, Argaud, Laurent, Vanhems, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22909033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11484