Infections have complicated the care of combat casualties throughout history and were at one time considered part of the natural history of combat trauma. Personnel who survived to reach medical care were expected to develop and possibly succumb to infections during their care in military hospitals. Initial care of war wounds continues to focus on rapid surgical care with debridement and irriga...

BACKGROUND Healthcare Associated Infections constitute an important problem in Neonatal Units and invasive devices are frequently involved. However, studies on risk factors of newborns who undergo surgical procedures are scarce. OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection in neonates undergoing surgical procedures. METHODS This case-control study was co...

conclusions available limited studies show that iranian healthcare personnel need hav vaccination. however, for selecting an appropriate preventive method for this high risk group, more original studies are still needed. results a gradual shift in age of hav infection has been seen from childhood toward adulthood. data about hav seropositivity among iranian hcws are very limited. however based ...

introduction: nosocomial infections (ni) are frequent and relevant problem and it is responsible for mortality especially in pediatric icu and nicus. healthcare- associated infections are of important wide-ranging concern in the medical field. in the neonatal intensive care unit population the nosocomial infection rate is highest in the lowest-birth-weight infants. it is this group of infants w...

Methods The Infection Control and Prevention Program (ICPP) at AUBMC conducts prospective targeted surveillance of device-associated infections in critical care areas (ventilator-associated pneumonia [VAP], catheter-associated urinary tract infection [CA-UTI], and catheter-related bloodstream infection [CR-BSI]). Device-associated infections are benchmarked against the rates published by the Na...

Because, globally, HIV is transmitted mainly by sexual practices and intravenous drug use and because of a long asymptomatic period, healthcare-associated HIV transmission receives little attention even though an estimated 5.4% of global HIV infections result from contaminated injections alone. It is an important personal issue for healthcare workers, especially those who work with unsafe equip...

Availability of reviews of the costs of patient safety Overall, a high level search of the literature for systematic reviews and overviews of the costs of patient safety revealed relatively few studies compared with the level of international interest in the topic. Most literature is concerned with individual case studies in specific healthcare settings or with priority healthcare concerns such...