Device-associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units in Greece

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-605

  Dima, Sofia ^a   Kritsotakis, Evangelos I ^c   Roumbelaki, Maria ^c   Metalidis, Simeon ^e   Karabinis, Andreas ^a   Maguina, Nina ^a   Klouva, Fyms ^b   Levidiotou, Stamatina ^d   Zakynthinos, Epaminondas ^g   Kioumis, John ^f   Gikas, Achilleas ^c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f Papanikolaou University Hospital   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34249307433     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513618     Document Type: Article

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