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A psychologist-led educational intervention results in a sustained reduction in neonatal intensive care unit infections

Van Rostenberghe H 1 , Short J 2 , Ramli N 1 , Geok TB 1 , Subramaniam S 3 , Che Yaakob CA 4 Show all authors , Othman A 1 , Ibrahim NR 1 , Ho J 3 , Mohamed Z 5 , Hasan H 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, Universiti Sains Malaysia , Kubang Kerian , Malaysia
  • 2 School of Public Health, University of Sydney , Sydney, NSW , Australia
  • 3 Department of Paediatrics, Penang Medical College , Georgetown , Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Universiti Sains Malaysia , Kubang Kerian , Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Universiti Sains Malaysia , Kubang Kerian , Malaysia
Front Pediatr, 2014;2:115.
PMID: 25478550 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00115

Abstract

Even though in the corporate world psychological science has been widely used, the formal use of evidence-based psychology in important areas of clinical medicine has been scanty at best. It was the aim of this study to determine the efficacy of a psychologist-led 2-week nurse educator training on the infection rate in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

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