- ►nih.gov G Ogrinc, SE Mooney, C Estrada, T Foster, D … - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2008 - qshc.bmj.com As the science of quality improvement in health care advances, the importance of
sharing its accomplishments through the published literature increases. Current
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GM Bearman, C Munro, CNMD Sessler, … - Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - nursing2007.com Nosocomial infections continue to be significant causes of morbidity, mortality,
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- ►critcaremed.com P Eggimann - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2007 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: A series of studies has confirmed, over the past few years,
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- ►critcaremed.com SQ Simpson, DA Peterson, AR O'Brien- … - AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2007 - journals.lww.com Steven Q. Simpson is Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical
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- ►critcaremed.org JM Kahn, BD Fuchs - Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2007 - journals.lww.com Purpose of review The movement towards greater accountability in medicine has
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TR Talbot, MD MPH - tmit1.org • Central venous catheters (CVCs) are a commonly used modality especially in
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JM Morath, PD Hain, JK Deshpande, JD Gitlin … - The Journal of Pediatrics, 2009 - Elsevier Although there has been success in developing specific interventions to prevent
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JM Rodriguez-Paz, P Pronovost - Advances in Surgery, 2008 - Elsevier The central venous catheter (CVC), first used by Forssmann [1] in 1929, is
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