Simple Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Line, Tube, and Hand Hygiene

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-653

  Graham, Philip L ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Neonatal; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956162902     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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