Strategies for prevention of health care-associated infections in the NICU

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Polin, Richard A ^a   Denson, Susan ^a   Brady, Michael T ^a   Papile, Lu Ann ^a   Baley, Jill E ^a   Carlo, Waldemar A ^a   Cummings, James J ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Tan, Rosemarie C ^a   Watterberg, Kristi L ^a   Byington, Carrie L ^a   Davies, H Dele ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Glode, Mary P ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a   Keyserling, Harry L ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne A ^a   Murray, Dennis L ^a   Orenstein, Walter A ^a   Schutze, Gordon E ^a   Willoughby, Rodney E ^a   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a   more..

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Author keywords

Antibiotics; Health care associated infection; Neonatal icu; Neonate; Newborn; NICU; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; FLUCONAZOLE; POVIDONE; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GAUZE DRESSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SKIN FLORA; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INFECTION; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84859390737     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0145     Document Type: Article

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