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National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report: Data summary for 2006 through 2008, issued December 2009

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Predicting the risk of documented ventilator-associated pneumonia for benchmarking: Construction and validation of a score*

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Accuracy of clinical definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Comparison with autopsy findings

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Evaluation of the effect of diagnostic methodology on the reported incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

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CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

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Efficacy of an expanded ventilator bundle for the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit

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Risk of Misleading Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia Rates with Use of Standard Clinical and Microbiological Criteria

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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia as a Quality Indicator for Patient Safety?

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Development of an Algorithm for Surveillance of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia With Electronic Data and Comparison of Algorithm Results With Clinician Diagnoses

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