Successful use of a quality improvement team to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Lally
R
R
Infection Control Department, North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale, Minn., USA.
Farber
M
M
Biorn
J
J
D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008332:Management Quality Circles / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*