A multifaceted program for improving quality of care in intensive care units: IATROREF study.

Maité Garrouste-Orgeas; Lilia Soufir; Alexis Tabah; Carole Schwebel; Aurélien Vesin; Christophe Adrie; Marie Thuong; Jean Francois Timsit; Outcomerea Study Group

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A multifaceted program for improving quality of care in intensive care units: IATROREF study.

April 18, 2012

Garrouste-Orgeas M, Soufir L, Tabah A, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(2):468-76.

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In this cluster-randomized trial, interventions to prevent medication errors and device complications in intensive care unit patients were modestly successful.

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