Nosocomial norovirus (NoV) infection is common and may lead to complications in vulnerable hospitalized patients. Understanding sources and modes of transmission of noroviruses within health care settings will support the design of evidence-based strategies for reducing introduction and further spread. We sequenced a highly variable segment of the genome to identify possible clusters in patient...

conclusions age, injury severity, injured body region, and hospital-acquired infections are important determinants of trauma outcome in our center. timely recognition of factors affecting trauma mortality is crucial for monitoring changes of trauma quality of care. our findings suggest the need to allocate resources for trauma prevention along with a potential focus on reducing in-hospital comp...

1 Cross infection risk: Healthcare associated infection is defined as an infection that occurred in a patient in the healthcare setting in whom the infection was not present, or incubating, at the time of admission [1]. The World Health Organization reported in 2002 that the problem of nosocomial-acquired infection affects 1.4 million people worldwide. Annually, in the United Kingdom approximat...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of family-centered care in delivery of care to sick newborns, on nosocomial infection rate. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Tertiary referral nursery (October 2010 to March 2012). PARTICIPANTS 295 neonates randomized at the time of hospitalization in neonatal intensive care unit. INTERVENTION Parent-attendant of intervention group were trained ...

The objectives of this Descriptive study were, to determine the frequency of Nosocomial infection in the medical department, to identify the causes of Nosocomial infection and to identify the risk factors for Nosocomial infections. This hospital based descriptive study was conducted at Liaquat University Hospital (a tertiaty care hospital) Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan from September 2007 to Decembe...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of preventable nosocomial infections and is endemic in hospitals worldwide. The effectiveness of infection control policies varies significantly across hospital settings. The impact of the hospital context towards the rate of nosocomial MRSA infections and the success of infection control is understudied. We conducted a modelli...

The "Availability Rule for Epidurals" should be stated in terms of response time to the bedside rather than building location of the anaesthetist if it is to be of any help to those of us in remote communities. In my small town distances are short and the three anaesthetists all have response times of five minutes from either home or office to any bedside in our hospital, lntermittant "top-ups"...

During 5 months in 2004-2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.

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...

Medical prostheses constitute an indispensable component of modern health care. Like other approaches of medical intervention, the insertion of medical prostheses can be associated with serious complications. The ongoing advances in the mechanical properties of medical prostheses have not necessarily resulted in lower rates of prosthesis-related infection. Infection remains the most common seri...