Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia as a Quality Indicator for Patient Safety?
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia as a quality indicator for patient safety?
The economic and clinical burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is uncontested. In many hospitals, VAP surveillance is conducted to identify outbreaks and to monitor infection rates. Here, we discuss the concept of benchmarking in health care as modeled on industry, and we contribute personal arguments against considering the VAP rate as a potential candidate for benchmarking or for m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/526534