Effect of enhanced ultraviolet germicidal irradiation in the heating ventilation and air conditioning system on ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neonatal intensive care unit
| Autor: | R C Welliver, G E Wilding, Corinne L. Leach, Rita M. Ryan, Bruce A. Holm, Ralph J. Wynn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Neonatal intensive care unit medicine.drug_class Ultraviolet Rays health care facilities manpower and services Antibiotics Heating Intensive Care Units Neonatal medicine Humans Air Conditioning Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Cross Infection Ventilators Mechanical medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation Pneumonia Ventilator-Associated Acinetobacter biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery Trachea Pneumonia Anesthesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Gestation Chest radiograph business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 31(9) |
| ISSN: | 1476-5543 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that enhanced ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (eUVGI) installed in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) heating ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) would decrease HVAC and NICU environment microbes, tracheal colonization and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Design:The study was designed as a prospective interventional pre- and post-single-center study. University-affiliated Regional Perinatal Center NICU. Intubated patients in the NICU were evaluated for colonization, and a high-risk sub-population of infants |
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