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August 5, 2015BMC Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit using “VAP prevention Bundle”: a cohort study

Seham F. Azab Hanan S. Sherbiny Safaa Hamdy Ahmad Saleh Wafaa F Elsaeed Mona M. Elshafiey Ahmed G. Siam Mohamed Arafa Ashgan A. Alghobashy Eman A. Bendary Maha A.A. Basset Sanaa M. Ismail Nagwa E. Akeel Nahla A. Elsamad Wesam A. Mokhtar Tarek Gheith

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Abstract

Implementation of multifaceted infection control bundle resulted in reduction of VAP rate, length of stay in our NICU.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69e35223a2d7b15d54b73711 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1062-1

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