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Does continuity in nursing staff matter? A pilot study on correlation of central line-associated bloodstream infections and employee turnover

BACKGROUND: Understaffing has been previously reported as a risk factor for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). No previous study addressed the question whether fluctuations in staffing have an impact on CLABSI incidence. We analyzed prospectively collected CLABSI surveillance d...

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Autores principales: Scheier, Thomas, Kuster, Stefan P., Dunic, Mesida, Falk, Christian, Sax, Hugo, Schreiber, Peter W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8180109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34090530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00958-z