Device-associated bloodstream infection rate in a neonatal intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 495-496

  Aly, Nasser Yehia A ^a,b   Al Mousa, Haifaa H ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARDIZATION; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77955449352     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.01.005     Document Type: Letter

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