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Tuesday 4 September 2012

Impact of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units

Impact of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study.  Critical Care, August 2012; 16(4): R161.

Benet, T., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/16/4/R161/abstract

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.

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