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Impact of infection control training for interns on PICU-acquired bloodstream infections in a middle-income country

Ng YY 1 , Abdel-Latif Mel-A 2 , Gan CS 3 , Siham A 4 , Zainol H 5 , Lum LC 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia ; Institute Paediatrics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 School of Clinical Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra Hospital, Australia ; Department of Neonatology, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra Hospital, Australia
  • 3 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia ; Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia
  • 4 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia ; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
  • 5 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 2015 Sep;56(9):506-12.
PMID: 26451053 DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015135

Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the impact of an extended infection control training programme, which was conducted for all interns posted to the Department of Paediatrics, on the incidence of paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)-acquired bloodstream infections (BSIs) in University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia.

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