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Simple Interventions Fail to Produce Sustained Reduction in Unnecessary Intravascular Device Dwell Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

S. J. McBride  and
S. E. Briggs
S. J. McBride*
Affiliation:
Adult Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
S. E. Briggs
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
*
Adult Intensive Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 1238 - 1239
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

References

1.McBride, SJ, Scott, DW, Partridge, DG, Briggs, SH. Simple quality improvement interventions reduce unnecessary intravascular device dwell time. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:469–470.Google Scholar
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