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General Measures of Infection Control

Health-care-associated infections are a common cause of increased morbidity, mortality, and cost of care in ICUs. Infection control and judicious antibiotic use are the mainstay of management of these patients. A systematic and multidisciplinary approach to infection control practices goes a long wa...

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Autores principales: Myatra, Sheila Nainan, Thota, Raghu S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121722/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0535-7_48
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Sumario:Health-care-associated infections are a common cause of increased morbidity, mortality, and cost of care in ICUs. Infection control and judicious antibiotic use are the mainstay of management of these patients. A systematic and multidisciplinary approach to infection control practices goes a long way in minimizing this problem.