Device-associated infection rates in adult and pediatric intensive care units of hospitals in Egypt. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 394-402

  Rasslan, Ossama ^a   Seliem, Zeinab Salah ^b   Ghazi, Islam Abdullorziz ^c   El Sabour, Muhamed Abd ^a   El Kholy, Amani Ali ^b   Sadeq, Fatma Mohamed ^c   Kalil, Mahmoud ^a   Abdel Aziz, Doaa ^b   Sharaf, Hosnia Yousif ^c   Saeed, Adel ^a   Agha, Hala ^b   El Abdeen, Sally Abd El Wadood Zein ^c   El Gafarey, Maha ^a   El Tantawy, Amira ^b   Fouad, Lamia ^a   Abel Haleim, Mona M ^b   Muhamed, Tamer ^a   Saeed, Hedya ^a   Rosenthal, Victor D ^d  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Benha Children's Hospital   (Egypt)

^d International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium INICC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Central line associated bloodstream infection; Developing countries; Intensive care unit; Pediatric intensive care unit; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DEVICE ASSOCIATED HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; EGYPT; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS;

EID: 84871722416     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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