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S Units, D Imaging, P Prevention, A … - Cerebrovascular …, 2003 - pt.wkhealth.com For the European Stroke Initiative (EUSI) Executive Committee: Werner Hacke, Heidelberg,
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S Harbarth, H Sax, P Gastmeier - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2003 - Elsevier The proportion of nosocomial infections potentially preventable under routine working conditions
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P Davis, R Lay-Yee, R Briant, W Ali, A Scott, S … - Journal of the New …, 2003 - nzma.org.nz Results Eight hundred and fifty adverse events were identified, of which over one third (315)
were preventable to a significant degree. Preventability of events increased with age of
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AL Tucker, SJ Spear - Health Services Research, 2006 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Address correspondence to Anita L. Tucker, DBA, MS, The Wharton School, University of
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S Saint, SR Kaufman, MA Rogers, PD … - Journal of the …, 2006 - geronet.med.ucla.edu OBJECTIVES: To compare condom and indwelling uri- nary catheters in terms of infection risk
and patient satis- faction. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, unblinded, control- led trial.
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