BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections are public health issues that are associated with high mortality in intensive care units. This study aimed to determine nosocomial infection-associated mortality in Tunisian intensive care units and identify its risk factors. METHODS A prospective cohort study was carried out in intensive care units of a Tunisian University Hospital. The ICUs-wide active surve...

UNLABELLED The objectives of the current study are to define how many and what kind of nosocomial infections are occurring, what are the causative microbes and what kind of drugs can be used in treatment of infection at Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia during the year 2004. A prospective study was implemented for all cases admitted at Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital during the pe...

The rate of morbidity dtle to infection including nosocomial infection during neonatal period is higher than that due to other causes. Th purpose of this study was to know the incidence and risk factors of nosocomial infection . This ttJdy was conducted on all babies treated at the neonatal unit, Sanglah eneral Hospital, Denpasar during the period of April-June 1995. Chi square test was used to...

Nosocomial infections are a significant issue of public health. In Italy, the incidence of nosocomial infections range between 5 and 8% [1]; in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) range between 7 and 24.5% [2]. Nosocomial infection in a newborn is defined as an infection arised after 48-72 hours of hospitalization. The extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates have an increased risk of develop...

Nosocomial infection is any contracted in a healthcare establishment by patient whose symptoms appear after 48 hours of hospitalization, 30 days for the operative site and one year case an intervention. surgical Their high frequency, cost severity make nosocomial infections major health problem. Its surveillance not end itself, it designed as means guiding prevention, from which must therefore ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility for collecting data on nosocomial infections by means of death certificates. METHODS The medical charts of children who died after 48 hours of their admission to a pediatric hospital were revised to get information about the causes of death. Death certificates were also revised to verify whether they were properly filled out....

The nosocomial infection rate within the study period (January 1 December 31, 2010) was highest during January and lowest during December, while it was highest during May and August and lowest during January in 2011. The investigated 170 specimens for nosocomial infection showed that 51.7 and 48.3% had community-acquired and nosocomial infection, respectively. Nosocomial infection included resp...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial or hospital acquired infection has been recognized as a serious public health problem in the last twenty years. In most hospitals in Africa-South of the Sahara, although the types of community acquired infections are known, neither the magnitude, nor the common types of nosocomial infections has been documented. OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to find the prevalence...