Health care failure mode and effect analysis to reduce NICU line-associated bloodstream infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Chandonnet, Celeste J ^a   Kahlon, Prerna S ^a   Rachh, Pratik ^b   DeGrazia, Michele ^a,c   DeWitt, Eileen C ^a   Flaherty, Kathleen A ^a   Spigel, Nadine ^a   Packard, Stephanie ^a   Casey, Denise ^a   Rachwal, Christine ^a   Agrawal, Pankaj B ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central line associated blood stream infections; Health care failure mode and effect analysis; NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84878679944     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3293     Document Type: Article

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