Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: A quality-improvement initiative

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e857-e864

  Davis, Katherine Finn ^c,d   Colebaugh, Ann M ^d   Eithun, Benjamin L ^d   Klieger, Sarah B ^b   Meredith, Dennis J ^a   Plachter, Natalie ^d   Sammons, Julia Shaklee ^a,b,d,e   Thompson, Allison ^d   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b,d,e  

^a Department of Infection Prevention and Control ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Child; Epidemiology; Health care associated infection; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84907212689     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3470     Document Type: Article

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