Hospital-acquired E. coli bacteraemia at a large UK NHS Trust. A return towards baseline following implementation of a 5-year quality improvement programme

• Autori principali: Steven Gopaul (Autore), Catherine Dominic (Autore), Juliana Tinhuna (Autore), James Green (Autore), Eleanor Watkins (Autore), Mark Melzer (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 50...