Partnership among hospitals to reduce healthcare associated infections: a quasi-experimental study in Brazilian ICUs.
Ladjane Santos Wolmer de MeloMaria Verônica Monteiro de AbreuBernuarda Roberta de Oliveira SantosMaria das Graças Washington Casimiro CarreteiroMaria Fernanda Aparecida Moura de SouzaMaria Carolina Andrade Lins de AlbuquerqueClaudia Fernanda de Lacerda VidalHeloisa Ramos LacerdaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
Given the success in reducing VAP and CAUTIs in a few months of interventions, the achievement of the collaborative project is evident. This partnership among public hospitals/HE may be applied to other ICUs including countries with fewer resources.