Innovative solutions: Beds, baths, and bottoms: A quality improvement initiative to standardize use of beds, bathing techniques, and skin care in a general critical-care unit

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-176

  Eigsti, Janice E ^a  

^a is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathing; Dermatitis; Hygiene; Infection; Interventional hygiene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BED; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; BATHS; BEDS; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955130270     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e31820d25b1     Document Type: Article

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