Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit–specific NHSN definitions
Advani SD, Murray TS, Murdzek CM, Aniskiewicz MJ, Bizzarro MJ. Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit–specific NHSN definitions. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 41: 181-186. PMID: 31694731, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacteremiaCatheter-Related InfectionsConnecticutCross InfectionHospitals, PediatricHumansIncidenceInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalRegression AnalysisRetrospective StudiesConceptsBloodstream infectionsNHSN definitionsNICU populationSite-specific definitionClinical definitionNational Healthcare Safety Network definitionsNeonatal intensive care unit populationIntensive care unit populationHealthcare-associated bloodstream infectionsYale-New Haven Children's HospitalLevel IV NICUSafety Network definitionsDirect prevention effortsMcNemar χ2 testSource of infectionGut translocationPreterm neonatesRespiratory supportPremature infantsRetrospective reviewChildren's HospitalPatient daysIncidence rateNICU teamUnit population