Healthcare-associated infection in the Grey’s Hospital paediatric intensive care unit: does an Infection Control Programme work?
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Infection control in the intensive care unit.
Nosocomial infections are common in many hospital departments, but particularly so on the intensive care unit, where they affect some 20 to 30% of patients. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are, of course, important, perhaps the greatest challenge is in the application of techniques to limit the development of such infections. This review will briefly discuss some of the backgrou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2313-1810,2312-0053
DOI: 10.4102/sajid.v33i5.150