Understaffing, overcrowding, inappropriate nurse:ventilated patient ratio and nosocomial infections: which parameter is the best reflection of deficits?

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Published in J Hosp Infect on December 19, 2011

Authors

F Schwab1, E Meyer, C Geffers, P Gastmeier

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany. frank.schwab@charite.de

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