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Discordance between Novel and Traditional Surveillance Paradigms of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Hui-Chun Chang ,
Shu-Chen Kung ,
Ching-Min Wang  and
Wei-Lun Liu
Hui-Chun Chang
Affiliation:
Section of Respiratory Therapy, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
Shu-Chen Kung
Affiliation:
Section of Respiratory Therapy, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
Ching-Min Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
Wei-Lun Liu*
Affiliation:
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
*
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, No. 201, Taikang, Taikang Village, Liuying District, Tainan City, Taiwan (medrpeterliu@gmail.com).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1195 - 1196
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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