Presence of a physician safety champion is associated with a reduction in urinary catheter utilization in the pediatric intensive care unit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Zavalkoff, Samara ^a   Korah, Nadine ^a   Quach, Caroline ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEVICE UTILIZATION RATIO; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN SAFETY CHAMPION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; QUEBEC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTILIZATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PATIENT SAFETY; QUEBEC; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84957111422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144222     Document Type: Article

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