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- Title
From weaning theory to practice: implementation of a quality improvement program in ICU.
- Authors
Jong, Audrey; Jaber, Samir; De Jong, Audrey
- Abstract
The authors reflect on the implementation of a quality program in the intensive care unit (ICU) of hospitals worldwide as of October 2015. Also cited are a report by Z. Bo and colleagues in "Intensive Care Medicine" on the clinical outcomes of a comprehensive quality improvement (QI) program in 14 ICUs in China, as well as the importance of QI programs in the implementation of protocols of intubation, sedation analgesia, and prevention of nosocomial infections.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; HOSPITAL care -- Quality control; NOSOCOMIAL infection prevention; ANALGESIA; INTUBATION
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 10, p1847
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
commentary
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-015-3960-5