Repeated prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections in Finnish neonatal intensive care units

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-160

  Sarvikivi, E ^a,b   Karki T ^a   Lyytikainen O ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finland; Healthcare associated infection; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURGICAL INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS;

EID: 77956169952     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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