Reducing the risks of ventilator-associated infections
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- Vol. 19 (1) , 17-21
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003465-200019010-00005
Abstract
Mechanically ventilated patients are at high risk for developing nosocomial pneumonia. This article reviews the pathogenesis of ventilator-associated infections and ways nurses can intervene to reduce the risks to patients and to themselves.Keywords
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