Education alone is not enough in ventilator associated pneumonia care bundle compliance

Objective: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) described as a secondary and preventable consequence in mechanically ventilated patients, emerges 48 h or more after patients intubation. Considering the high morbidity and mortality rate of VAP and the fact that VAP is preventable, it seemed necessar...

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Main Authors: Hadi Hamishehkar, Mahdi Vahidinezhad, Simin Ozar Mashayekhi, Parina Asgharian, Hadi Hassankhani, Ata Mahmoodpoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
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Online Access:http://www.jrpp.net/article.asp?issn=2319-9644;year=2014;volume=3;issue=2;spage=51;epage=55;aulast=Hamishehkar