Using a bundle approach to improve ventilator care processes and reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.

By R. Resar, Peter J. Pronovost, C. Haraden, Terri Simmonds, Thomas Rainey, T. Nolan. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2005

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Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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