Hospital-acquired E. coli bacteraemia at a large UK NHS Trust. A return towards baseline following implementation of a 5-year quality improvement programme
Summary: Introduction: Until recently, healthcare-associated E. coli bacteraemia was a neglected area of infection prevention and control (IPC), despite a 30-day mortality of 15–20%. Recently, the UK Department of Health (DH) introduced a target to reduce hospital-acquired E. coli bacteraemias by 5...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Infection Prevention in Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088923000136 |