Concepedia

Eliminating Nosocomial Infections at Ascension Health

Dorine Berriel‐Cass, Frank W. Adkins, Polly Jones, Mohamad G. Fakih

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · 2006 · 92 citations · 12 references

Concepts

Public HealthInfectious Disease ControlInfectious DiseasesInfection PreventionAntimicrobial ProphylaxisHealthcare-associated Infection PreventionHealthcare-associated InfectionsInfection ManagementNosocomial InfectionsInfection Prevention ImprovementNosocomial Infection Surveillance

References

12

Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · 5.9K citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Respiratory Therapy +12

Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003: Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

Ofelia C. Tablan, Larry J. Anderson, Richard E. Besser et al. · PsycEXTRA Dataset · 2004 · 1.3K citations

Health Professions, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +17

Supine body position as a risk factor for nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomised trial

Mitra B. Drakulović, Antoní Torres, Torsten Bauer et al. · The Lancet · 1999 · 1.3K citations

Health Professions, Critical Care Nursing, Pulmonology +13

Complications of Femoral and Subclavian Venous Catheterization in Critically Ill Patients<SUBTITLE>A Randomized Controlled Trial</SUBTITLE>

Jacques Merrer · JAMA · 2001 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Surgery, Patient Safety +11

Infection Control — A Problem for Patient Safety

John P. Burke · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 1.2K citations

Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Infectious Diseases +12