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Multicenter Study of Hand Carriage of Potential Pathogens by Neonatal ICU Healthcare Personnel: Table 1.

Year: 2014

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: A multicenter surveillance study was performed to determine the rates of hand carriage of potential pathogens among healthcare personnel in four neonatal intensive care units. Staphylococcus aureus, enterococci, and gram-negative bacilli were recovered from 8%, 3%, and 2% of 1000 hand culture samples, respectively.

Source: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piu022

Authors: Yu-hui Ferng, Sarah A. Clock, Jennifer Wong-Mcloughlin, Patricia A. DeLaMora, Jeffrey M. Perlman, Kelly S. Gray, David A. Paul, Priya A. Prasad, Theoklis E. Zaoutis, Luis R. Alba, Susan Whittier, Elaine L. Larson, Lisa Saiman

Institutions: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, Christiana Care Health System, Christiana Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Pfizer, Astellas Pharma, National Institute of Nursing Research

Award: Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

OpenAlex ID: W2134778111

FWCI: 0.467

Cites: 9

Cited by: 11

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