Managing and preventing outbreaks of Gram-negative infections in UK neonatal units

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Anthony, Mark ^a   Bedford Russell, Alison ^b   Cooper, Tracey ^c   Fry, Carole ^d   T Heath, Paul ^e   Kennea, Nigel ^f   McCartney, Maureen ^g   Patel, Bharat ^h   Pollard, Tina ⁱ   Sharland, Mike ^e   Wilson, Peter ^j  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Queen Mary Hospital Sidcup   (United Kingdom)

^d Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^h BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLEANING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING; STENOTROPHOMONAS; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

INFECTIOUS DISEASES; NEONATOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84886092557     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303540     Document Type: Article

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