First report of Iranian National nosocomial infectionsurveillance system software
نویسندگان
چکیده
Introduction / objectives Nosocomial infections are one of the most important health problems particularly in developing countries, because these infections cause high mortality and morbidity and have many economic loss consequences. To date however most surveillance studies have been conducted in most of developed countries, only a very few have been accomplished in Iran. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of nosocomial infections in a big university hospital of Shiraz.
منابع مشابه
مشکلات گزارش دهی سیستم مراقبت عفونت های بیمارستانی در بیمارستانهای شهر تبریز
Introduction: Identifying and reporting nosocomial infections are at the center of attention of healthcare. The present study was carried out to study the problems of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS). Methods: This mixed (Qualitative- Quantitative) descriptive study was performed in 2011. In the qualitative section, after a semi- structured interview,...
متن کاملAssisted Reproductive Technology in Iran: The First National Report on Centers, 2011
Objective Due to the worldwide increase in infertility, it is both necessary and important to have assisted reproductive technology (ART) registries. In Iran, donation and surrogacy programs are approved by decrees from religious scholars. ART has been used since 1984 in Iran and the first Iranian infant conceived by gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) was born in 1989. This report, however,...
متن کاملFirst Report of Ixodes ricinus and Rhipicephalus turanicus Infestation in Persian Leopard (Panthera Pardus Saxicolor), Golestan National Park, Iran
A carcass of a Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) that was inadvertently killed in a car accident in Golestan National Park, North-Iran, was referred to the laboratory of the Department of Environment in Golestan Province. The carcass was infested with hard ticks. Five ticks were collected and identified as Ixodes ricinus (one female) and Rhipicephalus turanicus (four males). These ha...
متن کاملVentilator-associated pneumonia in a teaching hospital in Tehran and use of the Iranian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Software.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common health-care-associated infection in the intensive care unit (ICU) and computer-assisted diagnosis and surveillance is called for. The frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia was assessed prospectively during a 6-month period in the ICUs of a teaching hospital in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. To determine the accuracy of the Iranian Nos...
متن کاملThe rate of following infection control principles in educational hospitals of Khorramabad
Background: Nosocomial infections are the most important problems of health. The prevalence of nosocomial infection is 7-10 percent of admitted patients. the present study was carried out to determine the degree of following the preventive principles of nosocomial infections in educational hospitals of Khorramabad city at 2004-2005. Material and methods: This descriptive, cross –sectional ...
متن کامل