Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 57-63 , April 2009

Implementation of a multimodal infection control program during an Acinetobacter outbreak

  • Louise Rose

      Affiliations

    • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Room 276, Toronto, ONT M5T 1P8, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 978 3492; fax: +1 416 978 8222.
    • ,
  • Kelly Rogel

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
    • ,
  • Leanne Redl

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
    • ,
  • John F. Cade

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

,Accepted 14 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.09.002

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