Eighteen months of "Matching Michigan" at a UK neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 565-567

  Montgomery Taylor, Sarah ^a   Emery, Faith ^b   Anthony, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care bundle; Central venous catheter; Infection; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEEDBACK; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879108696     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182868389     Document Type: Article

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