pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) Archive — Page 2 of 2

A smiling couple sits on the steps outside their brick home, holding a young child on the woman’s lap. Potted flowers and pumpkins decorate the entrance.
November 10, 2016

Family’s PICU experience sparks commitment to giving

Two years ago, Laura and Justin Burney faced the unthinkable: almost losing their infant daughter, Brooklyn.

By Christina Echegaray
PICU Team quality-indicators poster, dated January 21, 2013, showing day counters for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and ventilator-associated infection; the lower section is partly cropped.
February 7, 2013

PICU reaches new milestone in fight against infections

On Jan. 10, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt reached impressive new territory — 365 days without a single case of central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) or ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).

By Paul Govern