SLUG Bug: Quality improvement with orchestrated testing leads to NICU CLABSI reduction

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Piazza, Anthony J ^a,b   Brozanski, Beverly ^c   Provost, Lloyd ^d   Grover, Theresa R ^e   Chuo, John ^f,g   Smith, Joan R ^h,i   Mingrone, Teresa ^c   Moran, Susan ^e   Morelli, Lorna ^j   Zaniletti, Isabella ^j   Pallotto, Eugenia K ^k,l  

^a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Associates in Process Improvement   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Barnes Jewish College   (United States)

^j CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S MERCY KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84954155663     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3642     Document Type: Article

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