EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

BACKGROUND/AIM Nosocomial infections occur worldwide and affect both developed and resource-poor countries. The aim of this paper was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infections in one Serbian hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three-point prevalence surveys were conducted in the Clinical Center of Kragujevac (1240 beds). The standard definitions for nosocomial infecti...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

EPI 5126 Introduction to Healthcare Epidemiology (3 units) Applications of epidemiologic and statistical methods within the healthcare setting; issues specific to infection control; roles and administration of infection control, risk management and quality assurance within healthcare facilities; surveillance mechanisms for nosocomial infections; outbreak investigation methods; infection risks i...

conclusions: the rate of nosocomial infections was low in our study because the detection of nosocomial infection was based on the clinical grounds in most cases and laboratory reports might contain false-negative results. these results provide useful information for future large scale surveillance in the context of prevention programs. patients and methods: the investigation was designed as a ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evaluating the incidence of nosocomial and invasive device-related infections enables the comparison of the health care associated infection (HAI) between the intensive care units of different hospitals and different units in the same hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective surveillance study was performed to identify nosocomial infections, device-related infe...

Two complementary studies were carried out. a) A three months study on nosocomial infection frequency, with a simultaneous assessment of the nosocomial infection risk factors (infected or non infected body on entry in the department, the kind of pathology, simplified scores of seriousness) and of the length of the hospital stays to compare the average length of stay for overinfected patients an...

Few studies have investigated the risk factors for nosocomial infections developed in neurology intensive care units (ICUs). In this study, the risk factors for ICU-acquired infections in patients with cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarct who were treated for more than 24 h at the Ankara Training and Research Hospital were prospectively evaluated over a study period of 14 months. Of 171 pat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of family-centered care in delivery of care to sick newborns, on nosocomial infection rate. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary referral nursery (October 2010 to March 2012). PARTICIPANTS 295 neonates randomized at the time of hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit. INTERVENTION Parent-attendant of intervention group were trained ...

The objectives of this Descriptive study were, to determine the frequency of Nosocomial infection in the medical department, to identify the causes of Nosocomial infection and to identify the risk factors for Nosocomial infections. This hospital based descriptive study was conducted at Liaquat University Hospital (a tertiaty care hospital) Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan from September 2007 to Decembe...