Device-associated infections in a Colombian neonatal intensive care unit
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Device-associated infections in a Colombian neonatal intensive care unit.
OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at determining device-associated infection rates, device use rates and the microbiologic profile of nosocomial infections in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) in Bogotá, Colombia. METHODS Prospective nosocomial infection surveillance was implemented in a neonatal intensive care unit for 11 months in line with the High Risk Nursery component of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Salud Pública
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0124-0064
DOI: 10.1590/s0124-00642007000300012