Building and sustaining infection prevention and control teams at two pediatric cancer units in Ecuador and Guatemala through a collaboration partnership
Our collaborations decreased HAIs in two POUs. The model proved sustainable and became part of the institutional structures, and it has been replicated in POUs elsewhere.
Authors
- Alicia Chang Cojulun
- Elaine Tuomanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-8716)
- Federico Antillón‐Klussmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5424-8958)
- Mario Melgar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-7710)
- Joanna Acebo
- Maysam R. Homsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-246X)
- Miguela A. Caniza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-9605)
- José M. Eguiguren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9172-9272)
- Miriam L. González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7667-3998)
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Hospital Metropolitano (EC)
- Hospital Vozandes (EC)
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín (GT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1577066
- Primary Topic
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities