Tracking neonatal nosocomial infection: The continuous quality improvement cycle

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Gill, A W ^a,b   Keil, A D ^a   Jones, C ^a   Aydon, L ^a   Biggs, S ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infection control bundles; Neonatal nosocomial infection; Quality improvement teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; AWARENESS; BLOOD CULTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 79954618930     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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