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Factors Associated with Head-of-Bed Elevation Compliance for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Hsin-Lan Lin ,
Li-Yu Yang  and
Chih-Cheng Lai
Hsin-Lan Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan, and Department of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan
Li-Yu Yang
Affiliation:
College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Chih-Cheng Lai*
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan
*
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 596 - 597
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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