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...

Introduction The BSC infections increase mortality, complications, hospital stay and the costs. In our setting, BSC is one of the device-associated infections more common. The Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO, launched in 2004, the campaign for the prevention of infection associated to medical care though hand hygiene. The Working Group on Infectious Diseases of the Spanish Society of Intensive...

BACKGROUND Hand hygiene is a fundamental measure for the control of nosocomial infection. However, sustained compliance with hand hygiene in health care workers is poor. We attempted to enhance compliance with hand hygiene by implementing education, training, and performance feedback. We measured nosocomial infections in parallel. METHODS We monitored the overall compliance with hand hygiene ...

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...