Aims and objectives To explore the core components that constitute nurses' preparedness in
an epidemic event. Background Healthcare service providers have worked to augment …

Antibiotic stewardship programmes aim to optimise antimicrobial use to prevent the
emergence of resistance species and protect patients from the side effects of unnecessary …

Background: Late-onset sepsis (LOS) is an important cause of death and
neurodevelopmental impairment in premature infants. The purpose of this study was to …

Biofilm-associated catheter infections by S. epidermidis occur frequently in neonates and
adults. S. epidermidis bloodstream infections are particularly problematic in neonates …

This paper discusses a literature review which was undertaken prior to a research study
about student nurses' and midwives' experiences of learning infection control in clinical …

Insertion of an intravascular catheter is the most common invasive procedure in the neonatal
ICU. With every passing decade, technological innovations in catheter materials and sizes …

Infection control has a particularly important role in paediatric hospitals and must take into
account the specificity of the needs and environment of the paediatric patient. Children are …

BACKGROUND: The objectives of this integrative review were to critically examine the
overall state of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the California Perinatal Quality Care
Collaborative quality-improvement model using a toolkit supplemented by workshops and …

BACKGROUND: Infected percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (PICCs) are a
problem in hospitalized patients, especially in the neonatal intensive care unit. The objective …