Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections in Neonates by Standardizing and Improving Compliance to Aseptic Non-touch Techniques: A Quality Improvement Approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s13312-018-1373-6
Abstract: ObjectiveTo standardize and improve compliance to Aseptic non-touch techniques (ANTT) for commonly performed procedures in Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through application of Model for improvement, and study its impact on Healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) rates.DesignQuality… read more here.
Keywords: improvement; compliance aseptic; non touch; compliance ... See more keywords
Peripheral thermometry: Agreement between non-touch infrared versus traditional modes in an adult population.
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DOI: 10.1111/jan.14985
Abstract: AIM To test whether infrared non-touch forehead thermometry (FNTT) obtains comparable temperature readings in adults compared with common, non-invasive thermometry methods such as axillary (DAT), oral (DOT) and infrared tympanic (ITT). DESIGN A prospective, repeated-measures… read more here.
Keywords: non touch; temperature; thermometry; forehead thermometry ... See more keywords