D D Wirtschafter

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evaluation and development of potentially better practices to prevent neonatal nosocomial bacteremia
    Howard W Kilbride
    Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e504-18. 2003
  2. ncbi Promoting antenatal steroid use for fetal maturation: results from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative
    David D Wirtschafter
    California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, Palo Alto, California, USA
    J Pediatr 148:606-612. 2006
  3. ncbi A statewide quality improvement collaborative to reduce neonatal central line-associated blood stream infections
    D D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, Valley Village, CA, USA
    J Perinatol 30:170-81. 2010
  4. ncbi Nosocomial infection reduction in VLBW infants with a statewide quality-improvement model
    David D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, San Jose, California, USA
    Pediatrics 127:419-26. 2011
  5. ncbi Antibiotic use for presumed neonatally acquired infections far exceeds that for central line-associated blood stream infections: an exploratory critique
    D D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, Valley Village, CA 91607, USA
    J Perinatol 31:514-8. 2011
  6. ncbi Implementation of evidence-based potentially better practices to decrease nosocomial infections
    Howard W Kilbride
    Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e519-33. 2003

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Evaluation and development of potentially better practices to prevent neonatal nosocomial bacteremia
    Howard W Kilbride
    Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e504-18. 2003
    ..There were 7 centers in the original focus group, but 1 center left the collaborative after 1 year. The objective of this study was to develop strategies to decrease nosocomial infection rates in NICUs...
  2. ncbi Promoting antenatal steroid use for fetal maturation: results from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative
    David D Wirtschafter
    California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, Palo Alto, California, USA
    J Pediatr 148:606-612. 2006
    ..We hypothesized that mean performance would improve and the number of centers performing below the lowest quartile of the baseline year would decrease...
  3. ncbi A statewide quality improvement collaborative to reduce neonatal central line-associated blood stream infections
    D D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, Valley Village, CA, USA
    J Perinatol 30:170-81. 2010
    ..We tested the hypothesis that change could be attributed to the quality improvement collaborative by testing for 'special cause' variation...
  4. ncbi Nosocomial infection reduction in VLBW infants with a statewide quality-improvement model
    David D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, San Jose, California, USA
    Pediatrics 127:419-26. 2011
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative quality-improvement model using a toolkit supplemented by workshops and Web casts in decreasing nosocomial infections in very low birth weight infants...
  5. ncbi Antibiotic use for presumed neonatally acquired infections far exceeds that for central line-associated blood stream infections: an exploratory critique
    D D Wirtschafter
    David D Wirtschafter, MD, Inc, Valley Village, CA 91607, USA
    J Perinatol 31:514-8. 2011
    ..To assess antibiotic use as a complementary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infection measure to the central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) rate...
  6. ncbi Implementation of evidence-based potentially better practices to decrease nosocomial infections
    Howard W Kilbride
    Children s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA
    Pediatrics 111:e519-33. 2003
    ..There were 7 centers in the original focus group, but 1 center left the collaborative after 1 year. Nosocomial infection is a significant area for improvement in most NICUs...