To determine trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infections in the 1980s, surveillance data on the microbiology of documented nosocomial infection reported to the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System and from the University of Michigan Hospital were analyzed. Antimicrobial susceptibility data on selected pathogens from both sources were also reviewed. Overall, Escherich...

Surveillance systems for hospital infections are reporting increasing rates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-positive Enterobacteriaceae in Europe. We aimed to perform a national survey on this trend and on the regional distribution of nosocomial infections due to ESBL-positive Enterobacteriaceae in German hospitals. Data from 2007 to 2012 from two components of the German national nosoc...

A retroauricular approach is routinely used for treating chronic otitis media. The incidence of surgical site infections after ear surgery is around 10% in contaminated or dirty procedures. This observational prospective study describes surgical site infections after chronic otitis media surgery with the retroauricular approach and investigated their potential predictive factors. This observati...

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of nosocomial infections in pediatric intensive care units (ICUs) in the United States. BACKGROUND Patient and ICU characteristics in pediatric ICUs suggest the pattern of nosocomial infections experienced may differ from that seen in adult ICUs. METHODS Data were collected between January 1992 and December 1997 from 61 pediatric ICUs in the United St...

Background: The rate of nosocomial infection appears to depend on whether it is calculated using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) or carrier state criteria. The objective of this study was to differentiate between primary endogenous (PE), secondary endogenous (SE) and exogenous (EX) infections, and to compare this classification with CDC criteria for nosocomial infections. Methods: ...

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...

Expectations and requirements concerning the identification and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are increasing, calling for differentiated automated approaches. In an attempt to bridge the "definition swamp" of these infections and serve the needs of different users, we improved the monitoring of nosocomial infections (MONI) software to create better surveillance reports...

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...

Introduction The BSC infections increase mortality, complications, hospital stay and the costs. In our setting, BSC is one of the device-associated infections more common. The Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO, launched in 2004, the campaign for the prevention of infection associated to medical care though hand hygiene. The Working Group on Infectious Diseases of the Spanish Society of Intensive...