Use of corporate six sigma performance-improvement strategies to reduce incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in a surgical ICU

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Frankel, Heidi L ^a   Crede, William B ^b   Topal, Jeffrey E ^b   Roumanis, Sarah A ^b   Devlin, Marie W ^b   Foley, Andrea B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GUIDE WIRE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIDEORECORDING; WOUND DRESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 23944510203     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.04.027     Document Type: Article

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