Impact of a multidimensional infection control approach on catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in an adult intensive care unit in Lebanon: International nosocomial infection control consortium (INICC) findings

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Kanj, Souha S ^a   Zahreddine, Nada ^a   Rosenthal, Victor Daniel ^b   Alamuddin, Lamia ^a   Kanafani, Zeina ^a   Molaeb, Bassel ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bundle; Catheter associated urinary tract infection; Device associated infection; Hand hygiene; Intensive care unit; Resource limited countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BUNDLE; CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; DEVICE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HAND HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84881548660     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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