"Matching michigan" in neonatal intensive care units: A plea for uniform data presentation

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 927-928

  Ponnusamy, Vennila ^a,b   Clarke, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 84880618969     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318292f57f     Document Type: Letter

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