Heat-Moisture Exchangers and Risk of Nosocomial Pneumonia
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Heat-moisture exchangers and risk of nosocomial pneumonia.
ICU, 14% [before patient contact] and 25% [after patient con-tact]; cardiac surgery ICU, 6% [before] and 13% [after]). Observations in the medical ICU after introduction of the new, increasingly accessible, alcohol-based, waterless hand antiseptic revealed significantly higher handwashing rates (F<.05). Handwashing compliance improved as accessibility was enhanced: before patient contact, 19%, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700043654