title: Staff-developed infection prevention program decreases health care-associated infection rates in pediatric critical care.
abstract: The health care team identified the causes of health care-associated infections (HAI) and developed interventions in a pediatric intensive care unit in Gaza. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was used. All 26 full-time staff members in the pediatric intensive care unit participated. The HAI rate decreased significantly from the first to the second year following the implementation of the intervention (208 vs 120.55, odds ratio: 3.21, 95% confidence interval: 1.87-5.11; P < .001).
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian NA (Dr Aljeesh and Mr Alkariri); and School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (Drs Abusalem, Myers, and Alaloul).
authors.forename: Yousef I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Aljeesh
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alkariri
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abusalem
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Fawwaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alaloul
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008877:Middle East; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development