Impact of a standardized hand hygiene program on the incidence of nosocomial infection in very low birth weight infants

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 430-435

  Capretti, Maria Grazia ^a   Sandri, Fabrizio ^a   Tridapalli, Elisabetta ^a   Galletti, Silvia ^a   Petracci, Elisabetta ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DETERGENT; TRICLOSAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ALCOHOLS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; SOAPS;

EID: 48049097773     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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