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. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1328-30.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1328.

Saving 100,000 lives in US hospitals

C Joseph McCannon  1 , Marie W Schall, David R Calkins, Alexander G Nazem
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Saving 100,000 lives in US hospitals

C Joseph McCannon et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

An initiative to cut avoidable deaths required rapid recruitment and support of large numbers of US hospitals. Campaign leaders describe how they coordinate nationwide implementation of effective healthcare interventions and document lessons for effective spread

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Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia is key to cutting deaths Credit: SAMUEL ASHFIELD/SPL
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Comment in

  • Improving health care through redesign.
    Bell D, McNaney N, Jones M. Bell D, et al. BMJ. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1286-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1286. BMJ. 2006. PMID: 16740534 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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