We conducted a prospective study of targeted surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in 13 intensive care units (ICUs) from 12 Turkish hospitals, all members of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). The definitions of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNISS) were applied. During the ...

ABSTRACT Aim: To determine the frequency of nosocomial infections developed within a year in patients admitted to tertiary pediatric hospital. Materials and Method: The who have been hospitalized at Dr Sami Ulus Children Hospital one-year period between February 1996 - 1997 diagnosed ‘nosocomial infection’ during their follow up were included this study. diagnosis used was based on Center for D...

Methods We conducted a prospective surveillance of device associated infections from January 2010-December 2010 in a 10 beded Medical ICU of Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur. CDC-NNIS system definitions for all device associated infections were used and rates were calculated per 1000 device days. Device utilization ratio was calculated by dividing the total number of specific device days by the ...

OBJECTIVE to estimate the incidence of surgical site infection in general surgeries at a large Brazilian hospital while identifying risk factors and prevalent microorganisms. METHOD non-concurrent cohort study with 16,882 information of patients undergoing general surgery from 2008 to 2011. Data were analyzed by descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS the incidence of surg...

Nosocomial infections are common in many hospital departments, but particularly so on the intensive care unit, where they affect some 20 to 30% of patients. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are, of course, important, perhaps the greatest challenge is in the application of techniques to limit the development of such infections. This review will briefly discuss some of the backgrou...

BACKGROUND More than 800 hospitals and 586 intensive care units (ICUs) in Germany currently participate in a nationwide surveillance system for nosocomial infections (Krankenhaus-Infektions-Surveillance-System, KISS), which collects data on the frequency of nosocomial infections and pathogens and on the appearance of pathogens of special epidemiological importance. METHODS Data were collected...

BACKGROUND Although many studies have examined nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI), US national estimates of incidence and case-fatality rates have seldom been reported. OBJECTIVE The purposes of this study were to generate US national estimates of the incidence and severity of nosocomial BSI and to identify risk factors for nosocomial BSI among adults hospitalized in the United States on ...

background infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. the mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospital....