Results from a Consumer Reports investigation showed pediatric ICUs have a 20 percent higher infection rate than adult ICUs, according to a WGRZ report.
Consumer Reports researchers assessed infection rates in 92 pediatric intensive-care units in 31 states and Washington, D.C. The most common type of infection found in pediatric ICUs was central line-associated blood stream infections.
The researchers found several hospitals were among the top-performing hospitals in keeping infection rates low: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.; Saint Paul's Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.; The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston; The Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans; and The University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Consumer Reports researchers assessed infection rates in 92 pediatric intensive-care units in 31 states and Washington, D.C. The most common type of infection found in pediatric ICUs was central line-associated blood stream infections.
The researchers found several hospitals were among the top-performing hospitals in keeping infection rates low: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.; Saint Paul's Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.; The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston; The Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans; and The University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
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