Monitoring quality of care through linkage of administrative data: National trends in bloodstream infection in U.K. PICUs 2003-2012

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1070-1078

  Harron, Katie ^a   Parslow, Roger ^b   Mok, Quen ^c   Tibby, Shane M ^d   Wade, Angie ^a   Muller Pebody, Berit ^e   Gilbert, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial infections; bloodstream infection; central venous catheters; child; data linkage; hospital; infection control; intensive care; laboratories; patient care bundles; quality improvement; questionnaires

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; AGE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE;

EID: 84932113484     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000941     Document Type: Article

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