cross infections (cis) are considered as a major public health problem worldwide. they cause delay in recovery, increased mortality and morbidity. the purpose of this study is to report the incidence of cis in our teaching hospital during a 23-month period.in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 76766 patients from 2009 to 2011 admitted to 17 wards of imam reza hospital in mashhad were studi...

background: hospital health is release to all acts for making healthy environment in hospital to prevent the prevalence of factors that cause disease out of the hospitals. at present, hospital infections are the main result of these factors and one of the most important reasons of patients' mortality. this matter directly or indirectly causes considerable increasing of hospital costs and making...

the incidence of candidemia due to the uncommon non-albicans candida species appears to be increasing, and certain species such as candida (c.) membranaefaciens have been reported in some clinical researches. vascular catheters are considered the likely culprit for the sudden emergence of hospital-acquired candidemia. the identification of c. membranaefaciens can be problematic in clinical prac...

background: hospital infections are a main cause of infant death among hospitalized infants in the neonatal wards. this research was conducted aiming to assess the medical staff's knowledge of hospital infections. methods: this is a cross-sectional study, conducted in all neonatal in isfahan hospitals wards. 65 nurses answerd to a questionnaire. results: results showed that 66.7% considered sep...

conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

Aortic infections are uncommon clinical entities, but are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this review, we focus on the cross-sectional imaging appearance of aortic infections, including aortic valve endocarditis, pyogenic aortitis, mycotic aneurysm and aortic graft infections, with an emphasis on CT, MRI and PET/CT appearance. Teaching Points • Aortic infections are as...