Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 38-44, February 2009

Examining the association between chest tube-related factors and the risk of developing healthcare-associated infections in the ICU of a community hospital: A retrospective case-control study

  • Margaret M. Oldfield

      Affiliations

    • Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Maher M. El-Masri

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, Windsor, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, 401 Sunset, Health Education Center Room 328, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4. Tel.: +1 519 253 3000x2400; fax: +1 519 973 7084.
    • ,
  • Susan M. Fox-Wasylyshyn

      Affiliations

    • University of Windsor, Faculty of Nursing, Windsor, ON, Canada

Accepted 1 July 2008.

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PII: S0964-3397(08)00072-4

doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2008.07.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 38-44, February 2009

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