Is bloodstream infection preventable among premature infants? A tale of two cities

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1513-1518

  Aly, Hany ^a   Herson, Victor ^b   Duncan, Anne ^a   Herr, Jill ^b   Bender, Jean ^b   Patel, Kantilal ^c   El Mohandes, Ayman A E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed medication system; Infection; Premature infants; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ASEPSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ASEPSIS; BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CONNECTICUT; CROSS INFECTION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 27744495959     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1785     Document Type: Review

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