TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of nighttime intensivists on medical intensive care unit infection-related indicators
AU - Trivedi, Abhaya
AU - McMullen, Kathleen M.
AU - Babcock, Hilary M.
AU - Kollef, Marin H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/12/7
Y1 - 2015/12/7
N2 - In 2013, a before-and-after intervention study was conducted to evaluate the effect 24-hour intensivist coverage on length of stay and rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central-line associated blood stream infection, and ventilator-associated events. Intensivist coverage for 24 hours did not decrease length of stay or result in a decrease in any specific infection rate.
AB - In 2013, a before-and-after intervention study was conducted to evaluate the effect 24-hour intensivist coverage on length of stay and rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central-line associated blood stream infection, and ventilator-associated events. Intensivist coverage for 24 hours did not decrease length of stay or result in a decrease in any specific infection rate.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959251951&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/ice.2015.304
DO - 10.1017/ice.2015.304
M3 - Article
C2 - 26651382
AN - SCOPUS:84959251951
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 37
SP - 352
EP - 354
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -