Statewide NICU central-line-associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-444

  Schulman, Joseph ^a,b   Stricof, Rachel ^c,aa   Stevens, Timothy P ^d,v   Horgan, Michael ^e,j   Gase, Kathleen ^c   Holzman, Ian R ^f,r   Koppel, Robert I ^g,m   Nafday, Suhas ^h   Gibbs, Kathleen ^f,r   Angert, Robert ^h,q   Simmonds, Aryeh ⁱ   Furdon, Susan A ^j   Saiman, Lisa ^k,t   Spilman, Lynn ^j   Boynton, Susan ^j   O'Donnell, Rebecca ^j   DePerna, Evelyn ^j   Wasserman, Randi ^l   Kim, Yang ^l   Mayers, Poslyn ^l   Jones, Zina ^l   Colbert, Larry ^l   Kasat, Kavita ^m   Monteleone, Suzanne ^m   Collura, Gloria M ^m   Grippi, Christine ^m   Mulligan, Eileen ^m   Lang, Margaret ^m   Bode, Michelle ⁿ   Martin, Dave ⁿ   Fuller, Penny ⁿ   Shtern, Angela ^o   Fernandez, Jaime ^o   Moylan, Margaret ^o   Bhutada, Alok ^p   Rastogi, Shantanu ^p   Sullivan, Anna ^p   Nafday, Suhas M ^q   Campbell, Deborah ^q   Herring, Lucille H ^q   Adams, Audrey ^q   Goldwasser, Bernard ^q   Karam Howlin, Ramona ^r   Hendricks Munoz, Karen D ^s   Caprio, Martha C ^s   Cutrone, Joan ^s   DeSomma, Michelle ^s   Bock, Steven ^s   Bateman, David ^t   Duchon, Jennifer ^t   Carp, Diane ^t   Graham, Philip ^t   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^b   McCready, Mary ^b   Theuriere, Claudette ^b   Ross, Barbara G ^b   Perlmutter, Deborah ^b   Nagle, Claire ^b   Smith, Vivian ^b   Schanler, Richard J ^u   Potak, Debra ^u   Hoey, Hyacinth ^v   Valencia, Gloria B ^w   Lahage, Nadine E ^w   Sridhar, Shanthy ^x   Combs, Adriann ^x   Cicale, Michael ^x   Singh, Francina ^x   Mele, Patricia ^x   Clones, Barbara ^y   Nugent, Clare ^y   Brumberg, Heather ^y   Majjiga, Venkata ^y   Parvez, Boriana ^y   Isaacson, Lita ⁱ   Krumholz, Jackie ⁱ   Nash, Alice ⁱ   Wynn, Ralph ^z   Eschberger, Linda ^z   Bean, Kathy ^z   Elmore, Nancy ^z   Gase, Kathleen A ^aa   more..

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Northwell Health   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

ⁱ WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^l BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^m Children's Medical Center   (United States)

ⁿ CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^u NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^w University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

^x STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^y WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^z CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^aa NYS Department of Health Office of Hospital Acquired Infection   (United States)

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Author keywords

Benchmarking; Catheter related infections; Health care evaluation; Infant; Newborn; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHECKLIST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952225178     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2873     Document Type: Article

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