Hand hygiene with alcohol hand rub and gloves reduces the incidence of late onset sepsis in preterm neonates

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1053-1056

  Janota, Jan ^a,b   Šebková, Sylva ^a,c   Višňovská, Magda ^a   Kudláčková, Jana ^a   Hamplová, Drahomíra ^a   Zach, Jiří ^a  

^a FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gloves; Hand hygiene; Infection rates; Late onset sepsis; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LATE ONSET SEPSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEPTIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; STANDARDS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84907877583     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12731     Document Type: Article

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