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...

conclusions in this study, nosocomial infections had a lower frequency in comparison with the national rates. according to researches, hospitals have been able to reduce nosocomial infections by establishing strategies and getting the risks under control. results the results of the present study showed that the incidence of nosocomial infections was low (i.e., < 2%). the incidence rates of noso...

background: nosocomial rhino sinusitis causes major problems in all intensive care units (icus). objective: to describe incidence, epidemiologic, clinical manifestations, and microbiologic findings in icus admitted cases with nosocomial sinusitis. materials and methods: a prospective, cross sectional study done in pediatric & adult icus in rasoul akram hospital; tehran iran (2007-2008). para-na...

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infection remains an important health problem in long stay (> 3 days) pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. Admission risk factors related to the development of nosocomial infection in long stay immune competent patients in particular are not known. METHODS Post-hoc analysis of the previously published Critical Illness Stress induced Immune Suppression (CRISIS) ...

BACKGROUND We estimated the nationwide burden of nosocomial S. aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI), a major cause of nosocomial infection, in South Korea. METHODS To evaluate the nationwide incidence of nosocomial SA-BSI, cases of SA-BSI were prospectively collected from 22 hospitals with over 500 beds over 4?months. Data on patient-days were obtained from a national health insurance databa...

OBJECTIVES To review the efficient and cost-effective preventive, control and surveillance measures that could be employed against nosocomial infections in developing countries. DATA SOURCES Literature search on compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM), Medline and Internet, using the key words: nosocomial infection, prevention and control, use of antibiotics and use of computers. Some articles...

Introduction / objectives Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common type of nosocomial infections. The majority of nosocomial UTIs occur following instrumentation. Because nearly 10% of all hospitalized patients are catheterized, preventing nosocomial UTIs is a major factor in decreasing nosocomial infections. The aim of the study was to register the prevalence, etiology and antimicro...

Nosocomial Infections: Coliform and Proteus bacilli currently cause 29 percent of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections in the United States. In order of decreasing frequency, the major sites of nosocomial infection are the urinary tract, surgical sites, bloodstream, and pneumonias. This group of nosocomial pathogens are responsible for 46% of urinary tract and 24% of surgical site infectio...

Nosocomial or hospital acquired infections have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality today. The reported rates of nosocomial infection vary depending on the efficiency of the surveillance system and the definitions of infection employed. In the United States it has been estimated that about 5% of hospitalised patients acquire a nosocomial infection. This works out to be nearly 2 mill...