title: Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia: when process control allows outcome improvement and even benchmarking.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zingg
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome