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Healthcare-Associated Infections
2021Reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) decreases avoidable morbidity and mortality and is a significant step toward promoting safety. The importance of improving safety was underscored by the 1999 Institute of Medicine’s report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System.
Elise W. van der Jagt +1 more
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Healthcare associated infections (HAI) perspectives
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014 Healthcare associated infections (HAI) are among the major complications of modern medical therapy. The most important HAIs are those related to invasive devices: central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as well as surgical site infections (SSI).
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
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Healthcare-associated infections in neonates
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2008To identify important findings in the recent literature related to healthcare-associated infections in neonatal care.Bloodstream infection remains the leading healthcare-associated infection in the neonatal unit, but multimodal interventions have been shown to successfully reduce this life-threatening complication.
Zingg, Walter +2 more
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Healthcare-Associated Infections and the Hospital Bed
Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 2023ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Bedframes are a potential source of bacterial contamination, fomites, and healthcare-associated infections for patients with active skin wounds and other underlying conditions. Bedframes also differ in their design, materials, texture, and ease of disassembly for cleaning. In this study, the authors
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Healthcare associated infections
BMJ, 2009National bodies and guidelines should be less suggestive and more directive In Europe about 7% of patients in hospital develop healthcare associated infections.1 The associated financial burden of these infections for the United Kingdom is estimated to be £1-11bn (€1.1-12.6bn; $1.6-18bn).
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Healthcare associated infections
Nursing Management, 2007A website providing information on reducing healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) and promoting clean healthcare environments has been launched for NHS staff, writes Ruth Williams.
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Detecting Sources of Healthcare Associated Infections
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2023Healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) (e.g., Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection) have complex transmission pathways, spreading not just via direct person-to-person contacts, but also via contaminated surfaces. Prior work in mathematical epidemiology has led to a class of models – which we call load sharing models – that provide a ...
Hankyu Jang +7 more
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Healthcare-Associated Infections
20101 Introduction 2 Occurrence, Consequences, and Cost of Healthcare-Associated Infection 3 History of Knowledge of Healthcare-Associated Infection 4 Mode of Spread of Infection in Hospitals 5 Hospital Infections at Various Body Sites 6 Hospital Infection at the Extremes of Life 7 The Role of Individual Pathogens 8 ...
Mark H. Wilcox, Robert C. Spencer
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Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in Lithuania
Journal of Hospital Infection, 2012To compare point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) performed in 2003, 2005 and 2007 in half of the acute care hospitals in Lithuania.The prevalence of HCAI decreased slightly from 2003 to 2007 (from 4.3% to 3.4%). The rate decreased for each surveyed year in intensive care, surgical and paediatric units, and increased in ...
R, Valinteliene +2 more
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