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Reduction of Nosocomial Pneumonia Using Surveillance and Targeted Interventions in an Algerian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mohamed Lamine Atif ,
Fetta Sadaoui ,
Abdeldjallil Bezzaoucha ,
Chawki Ahmed Kaddache ,
Rachida Boukari ,
Salima Djelato  and
Nora Boubechou
Mohamed Lamine Atif*
Affiliation:
Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Fetta Sadaoui
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Abdeldjallil Bezzaoucha
Affiliation:
Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Chawki Ahmed Kaddache
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Rachida Boukari
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Salima Djelato
Affiliation:
Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
Nora Boubechou
Affiliation:
Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Blida, Blida, Algeria
*
Service d'Epidémiologie et Médecine Préventive, Hôpital Franz Fanon, CHU de Blida, Zabana, Blida 9000, Algeria( mlatif@laposte.net)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 7 , July 2009 , pp. 712 - 713
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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