Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-wq484 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-29T04:07:51.840Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in a High-Risk Nursery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rahaman O. Suara
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Michal Young
Affiliation:
Howard University College of Medicine, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, DC
Inez Reeves
Affiliation:
Howard University College of Medicine, District of Columbia General Hospital, Washington, DC
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

References

1.Centers for Disease Control. Public health focus: surveillance, prevention, and control of nosocomial infections. MMWR 1992;41: 783787.Google Scholar
2.Goldmann, AD, Durbin, WA Jr, Freeman, J. Nosocomial infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Infect Dis 1981;144:449459.Google Scholar
3.Gray, JE, Richardson, DK, McCormick, MC, Goldmann, DA. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia among very low birth-weight infants: relation to admission illness severity, resource use, and outcome. Pediatrics 1995;95:225230.Google Scholar
4.Yeung, CY, Lee, HC, Huang, FY, Wang, CS. Sepsis during total parenteral nutrition: exploration of risk factors and determination of the effectiveness of peripherally inserted central venous catheters. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1998;17:135142.Google Scholar
5.National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System report, data summary from October 1986-April 1998, issued June 1998. Am J Infect Control 1998;26:522533.Google Scholar