Epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections at a tertiary care center in Lebanon
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Methods The Infection Control and Prevention Program (ICPP) at AUBMC conducts prospective targeted surveillance of device-associated infections in critical care areas (ventilator-associated pneumonia [VAP], catheter-associated urinary tract infection [CA-UTI], and catheter-related bloodstream infection [CR-BSI]). Device-associated infections are benchmarked against the rates published by the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). All HAIs are identified using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definitions.
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