Infection control practices reduce nosocomial infection and mortality in preterm infants in Bangladesh

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-335

  Darmstadt, Gary L ^a,b   Ahmed, A S M Nawshad Uddin ^c   Saha, Samir K ^c   Chowdhury, M A K Azad ^c   Alam, Muhammad Asif ^c   Khatun, Mahamuda ^c   Black, Robert E ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; HEXISOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVER; COST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; SKIN INFECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18444396907     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211283     Document Type: Article

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