Device-associated infections rates in adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units of hospitals in the Philippines: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 548-554

  Navoa Ng, Josephine Anne ^a   Berba, Regina ^b   Galapia, Yolanda Arreza ^c   Rosenthal, Victor Daniel ^d   Villanueva, Victoria D ^a   Tolentino, María Corazón V ^a   Genuino, Glenn Angelo S ^b   Consunji, Rafael J ^b   Mantaring III, Jacinto Blas V ^b  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^b PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^c National Kidney and Transplant Institute Philippines   (Philippines)

^d International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium   (Argentina)

Author keywords

bacterial resistance; catheter associated urinary tract infection; central line associated bloodstream infection; developing country; device associated infection; health care acquired infection; hospital infection; incidence density; infection control; length of stay; limited resource country; microorganism profile; mortality; Nosocomial infection; surveillance; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED PRIMARY BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHILIPPINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80052037503     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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