title: Nosocomial infections in intensive care patients.
abstract: Facilities must manage core system processes to minimize medication errors and other adverse outcomes, such as nosocomial infections. Characterization of specific risk factors for the development of nosocomial infections and efficacious evidence-based care interventions are expanding. Health care providers need to evaluate their patient populations and systems of care to minimize lack of knowledge, slips. and lapses in care and other system issues to assure that successful care practices are consistently used to minimize nosocomial infections.
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Management Associates, Houston, TX 77231-1337, USA. vkennedy@infectionprevention.com
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Shana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Heron
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaloway
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinfeld
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control