Reducing ventriculostomy-related infections to near zero: the eliminating ventriculostomy infection study.

Maryam Rahman; Jobyna H. Whiting; Loretta L. Fauerbach; Lennox Archibald; William A. Friedman

doi:10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38061-6

Reducing ventriculostomy-related infections to near zero: the eliminating ventriculostomy infection study.

Maryam Rahman, Jobyna H. Whiting, Loretta L. Fauerbach, Lennox Archibald, William A. Friedman

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Original language	American English
Journal	The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38061-6
State	Published - Oct 1 2012

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Medicine and Health Sciences

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