Association of postnatal age with neonatal hospital-onset bacteremia in a multicenter, retrospective cohort

• Main Authors: Erica Prochaska (Author), Shaoming Xiao (Author), Elizabeth Colantuoni (Author), Sagori Mukhopadhyay (Author), Dustin Flannery (Author), Ibukun Kalu (Author), Danielle Zerr (Author), Amanda Adler (Author), Aaron Milstone (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Prevention of hospital-onset bacteremia (HOB) in all settings is a healthcare priority. The CDC is developing a neonatal-specific HOB quality metric, but the epidemiology of neonatal HOB is poorly understood. Our objective was to validate a prior single-center finding that HOB risk varie...