Background: Nosocomial infections are the most important problems of health. The prevalence of nosocomial infection is 7-10 percent of admitted patients. the present study was carried out to determine the degree of following the preventive principles of nosocomial infections in educational hospitals of Khorramabad city at 2004-2005. Material and methods: This descriptive, cross –sectional ...

Nosocomial Infection Control in Thailand Somwang Danchaivijitr Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. Nosocomial infections (N.I.) are one of the most important but neglected health problems in all countries including Thailand. An international survey in 1983 revealed a prevalence rate of 8.4 per cent. In Thailand, t...

the incidence of nosocomial fungal infections has increased dramatically during the past two decades as the consequence of continuous increase in the number of severely immunocompromised patients. this study was done to determine the presumptive sources of nosocomial fungal infections at the intensive care unit and transplant wards (in a university- based teaching hospital in tehran) during a 1...

conclusions according to the obtained results, the majority of nurses participating in the study had an intermediate level of knowledge and practice of infection control. there is a need to develop a system of continuous education for all the categories of nursing staff. background basic infection control measures in any nursing setup can reduce the rates of healthcare-associated infections. re...

conclusion silver nanoparticles had appropriate effects in all three types of dilutions and allowing for a more protracted contact time has given significantly better results. patients and methods we have selected nine patients' metal file covers and following sterilizing, we have infected them with one of these bacteria; staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa and bacillus cereus. t...

Nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections (NIs) are a frequent complication affecting hospitalized patients. The growing availability of computerized patient records in hospitals allows automated identification and extended monitoring of the signs of NI for the purpose of reducing NI rates. A fuzzyand knowledge-based system to identify and monitor NIs at intensive care units according to the...

background and objectives: infection is the most common cause of death among burnt patients and infection control decrease the rate of mortality. the use of sticky mat can control contamination by preventing the entrance microorganisms into the hospital wards. this study was designed to evaluate the sticky mats effect in reduction of microorganism’s entry by personnel shoes to burn intensive ca...

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: children...