Infection control policies and hospital-associated infections among surgical patients: Variability and associations in a multicenter pediatric setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Zerr, Danielle M ^a,c   Garrison, Michelle M ^b   Allpress, Amanda L ^c   Heath, Joan ^c   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand hygiene; Hospital associated infection; Infection control

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GELS; HANDWASHING; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244451212     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2014     Document Type: Article

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