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Implementation of the "FASTHUG" concept decreases the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit

Thomas J Papadimos*, Sandra J Hensley, Joan M Duggan, Sadik A Khuder, Marilyn J Borst, John J Fath, Lauri R Oakes and Debra Buchman

Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2:3 doi:10.1186/1754-9493-2-3

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Intensivist supervision of resident-placed central venous catheters decreases the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infections

Thomas J Papadimos, Sandra J Hensely, Joan M Duggan, James P Hofmann, Sadik A Khuder, Marilyn J Borst, John J Fath Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2:11 (30 April 2008)

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Resident-placed central venous catheters should be carried out under the supervision of intensivists and use maximal sterile barriers to reduce the incidence of catheter-related blood stream infections in patients in surgical intensive care units.

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