Expressed breast milk on a neonatal unit: A hazard analysis and critical control points approach

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 832-838

  Cossey, Veerle ^a   Jeurissen, Axel ^a,b   Thelissen, Marie José ^a   Vanhole, Chris ^a   Schuermans, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

infection control; mother's milk; NICU; quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTAMINATION; CRITICAL CONTROL POINT APPROACH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 82655172593     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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