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The ventilator-associated pneumonia as a tracer condition for quality and patient�s safety in the adult intensive care unit. A critical process analysis
2014
Proceedings of the 11th CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management
unpublished
Healthcare infections can be prevented. The occurrence of these infections may be considered as an indicator to monitor health care quality in hospitals. In this context, the ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been used to compare institution's performance and for financing support. The exclusive use of outcome indicator, incidence density of VAP, can be considered controversial because it cannot express the actual healthcare quality. Thus, we intend to discuss about the processes
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