Sequential hand hygiene promotion contributes to a reduced nosocomial bloodstream infection rate among very low-birth weight infants: An interrupted time series over a 10-year period

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 718-722

  Helder, Onno K ^a   Brug, Johannes ^b   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^b,c   Looman, Caspar W N ^d   Reiss, Irwin K M ^a   Kornelisse, René F ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hand disinfection; Infant; Infection control; Interrupted time series; Nursing intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84903265635     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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