Conclusion Hospital acquired viral respiratory infections contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality regardless of the virus species.doi:10.1016/j.idh.2020.02.002Naveen ManchalMohamed Reffai Syed MohamedMichael TingHugh LuetchfordRobert NortonInfection Disease & Health...
The impact of hospital-acquired infections with multidrug-resistant bacteria in an oncology intensive care unit To describe overall site-specific hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates and to describe the microbiological and antibiotic resistance profiles of infecti... P Cornejo-Juárez,D Vilar-Compte...
Objective: Hospital acquired infection (HAI) is a major concern in hospital settings. Methods : This study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI), patient and hospital related factor, offending microorganism and their antimicrobial sensitivity. Data were collected ...
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is defined as pneumonia that occurs 48h or more after admission, which was not incubating at the time of admission. Pneumonia is a common nosocomial infection and remains the in-hospital acquired infection with the highest associated mortality. The overall ...
Ylipalosaari P, Ala-Kokko TI, Laurila J, Ohtonen P, Syrjala H. Intensive care acquired infection is an independent risk factor for hospital mortality: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2006;10(2):R66. Epub 2006/04/22.Pekka Ylipalosaari P, Ala-Kokko TI, Laurila J, et al. ...
Surveillance activities have been considered of paramount importance for effective infection control programs in health care organizations.ObjectivesOur objective was to design a capture system able to assure surveillance of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in acute hospitals with few resources devoted to...
Objecttive:The etiological characters of hospital acquired pneumonia(HAP)in the last two years were compared and the prevention methods of main infection routes were made to decrease the morbidity of HAP in surgical ICU. Methods:The patients were enrolled from Jan.2004 to Dec.2005:①artificial air...
Findings: Through four rounds of feedback and revision we developed the Modified CADDIS Tool for Causality Assessment of Sink Drains as a Reservoir for Hospital-Acquired Gammaproteobacterial Infection or Colonization. In tests of tool application to published literature during development, mean percent ...
129 Despite some studies showing benefit, evidence of infection prevention requires further elucidation prior to the universal recommendation of probiotic supplementation, especially with regard to strains used. References 1 Phillips JR, Karlowicz MG Prevalence of Candida species in hospital-acquired urinary...
E. et al. Association between intrahospital transfer and hospital-acquired infection in the elderly: A retrospective case–control study in a UK hospital network. BMJ Qual. Saf. 30(6), 457–466. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012124 (2021). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google ...