Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 132-136 , June 2007

The impact of an evidence-based practice education program on the role of oral care in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

  • Amelia Ross, MSN, RN

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  • Janet Crumpler

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,Accepted 22 November 2006.

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PII: S0964-3397(06)00144-3

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.006

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 132-136 , June 2007

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