Incidence of Microbiologically-Confirmed Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the North American Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube (NASCENT) Study and Reduction With a Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube

2:15 - 2:30 pm Publication Number 207

  • Restrepo, Marcos I. MD, MSc
  • Afessa, Bekele MD
  • Anzueto, Antonio MD
  • Arroliga, Alejandro MD
  • Craven, Donald E. MD
  • Kollef, Marin H. MD

  • a Assistant Professor, VERDICT/STVHCS/UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX;

    b Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic & Foundation, Rochester, MN;

    c Professor, Audie Murphy VA Medical Ctr, San Antonio, TX;

    d Professor, Scott & White and Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, TX;

    e Professor; Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA;

    f Professor; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control 36(5):p E202-E203, June 2008.
Copyright © 2008 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.