Late onset sepsis in newborn babies: Epidemiology and effect of a bundle to prevent central line associated bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-57

  Resende, Daiane Silva ^a   Peppe, Anna Laura Gil ^a   dos Reis, Heloisio ^a   Abdallah, Vânia Olivetti Steffen ^a   Ribas, Rosineide Marques ^a   Gontijo Filho, Paulo Pinto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bundle; Late onset sepsis; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN LATE ONSET SEPSIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE OF ONSET; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84921735253     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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