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Impact of Postnatal Age on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Bloodstream Infection Reporting
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9 2021
Source: Am J Infect Control. 49(9):1191-1193 -
Alternative Title:Am J Infect Control
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Description:Due to their short- and long-term impact on patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), bloodstream infections are a closely monitored quality measure. NICU infection rates are risk-adjusted for birth weight, but not postnatal age. Our findings suggest that infection rates are not constant over time in neonates with long NICU lengths of stay and adjusting for postnatal age in addition to birth weight may improve unit comparisons.
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Pubmed ID:33819494
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8405460
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