Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

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Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

May 19, 2010

Rojas-Burke J. The Oregonian. May 8, 2010.

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This newspaper article describes how lessons from the Keystone ICU Project have reduced central line infections in Oregon hospitals.

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