Decreasing infection in neonatal intensive care units through quality improvement

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2017, Pages F51-F57

  Bowen, J R ^a,b   Callander, I ^c,d   Richards, R ^a   Lindrea, K B ^e   Chaudhari, Tejasvi ^f   Carmo, Kathryn ^g   Spence, Kaye ^g   Wake, Chris ^h   Kinross, Denise ^h   Callander, Ian ⁱ   Richards, Robyn ⁱ   Shein, Doron ⁱ   Jolley, Barbara ^j   Shingde, Vijay ^j   Brandenburg, Ulrike ^j   Lindrea, Kwee Bee ^e   Bolisetti, Srinivas ^e   Cameron, Dianne ^e   Bowen, Jennifer ^a   Bowers, Sharan ^a   Gordon, Adrienne ^k   Bredemeyer, Sandie ^k   Polverino, Jan ^k   Morritt, Mary Lou ^l   Marceau, James ^m   Rochefort, Marilyn ^m   Tracy, Mark ^m   Bajuk, Barbara ⁿ   Sedgley, Sara ⁿ   Leckie, Mark ⁿ   Sinclair, Lynn ^o   more..

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^f Centenary Hospital for Women and Children   (Australia)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^h JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ Universidad de Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

^j Sydney Children's Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^k ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ NICUS   (Australia)

^o PSN   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85016553943     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310165     Document Type: Article

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