Central line - Associated bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care: Changing the mental model from inevitability to preventability

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Suresh, Gautham K ^a   Edwards, William H ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

central lineassociated bloodstream infection; central vascular catheter; health careassociated infection; medical error; nosocomial infection; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BREAST MILK; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CROWDING; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84856266609     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1286182     Document Type: Article

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