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The Impact of Nighttime Intensivists on Medical Intensive Care Unit Infection-Related Indicators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2015

Abhaya Trivedi ,
Kathleen M. McMullen ,
Hilary M. Babcock  and
Marin H. Kollef
Abhaya Trivedi
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Kathleen M. McMullen
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Prevention, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Hilary M. Babcock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Marin H. Kollef*
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
*
Address correspondence to Marin Kollef, MD; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, Campus Box 8052, St. Louis, MO 63110 (mkollef@dom.wustl.edu).
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Abstract

In 2013, a before-and-after intervention study was conducted to evaluate the effect 24-hour intensivist coverage on length of stay and rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central-line associated blood stream infection, and ventilator-associated events. Intensivist coverage for 24 hours did not decrease length of stay or result in a decrease in any specific infection rate.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(3):352–354

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , March 2016 , pp. 352 - 354
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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