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Patient density, nurse-to-patient ratio and nosocomial infection risk in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An investigation of a Serratia marcescens outbreak in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) suggested that understaffing or overcrowding might have been underlying risk factors.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of fluctuations in CICU nurse staffing levels and patient census on CICU nosocomial infection rate (NIR).… Read more