Hygiene management for long-term ventilated persons in the home health care setting: a scoping review

• Main Authors: Isabel Hoeppchen (Author), Carola Walter (Author), Stefanie Berger (Author), Anna Brandauer (Author), Nicole Freywald (Author), Patrick Kutschar (Author), Katharina Maria Lex (Author), Annemarie Strobl (Author), Irmela Gnass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evidence and recommendations for hygiene management in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) are rare. In Germany, few regionally limited studies show poor hygiene management or a lack of its implementation. This scoping review of international literature identified the evidence in h...