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Critical care clinics · Jan 2005
ReviewManaging infection in the critical care unit: how can infection control make the ICU safe?
- Lawrence Shulman and David Ost.
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
- Crit Care Clin. 2005 Jan 1; 21 (1): 111-28, ix.
AbstractThe goal of this article is to use ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as a prototype for nosocomial infections to explore the issues of patient safety and infection control. To do this, we review disease-specific aspects of VAP, develop a brief working definition of patient safety, and then determine how the concepts of infection control fit into the broader context of patient safety.
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