Assessment of ventilator-associated events using the geometric distribution

Publication date: Available online 13 January 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control
Author(s): Ragheb Assaly, William R. Barnett, Fadi Safi, Sadik Khuder, John Macko
Hospital-acquired rare events, such as nosocomial infections and other low-occurring incidents, in the clinical environment are difficult to monitor using traditional quality indicators. Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of ventilator-associated events, we demonstrate an alternative method for assessment of rare events.



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