Hand Colonization with Gram-Negative Organisms of Healthcare Workers Accessing the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Uganda Heart Institute

Hand Colonization with Gram-Negative Organisms of Healthcare Workers Accessing the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Uganda Heart Institute

Background. Hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) are vehicles for pathogens responsible for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Following the identification of Gram-negative organisms (GNOs) in all cases of HAIs in the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), we sought to determine the burden of hand c...

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Main Authors: Lameck Ssemogerere, Cornelius Sendagire, Ceaser Mbabazi, Yvonne Namungoma, Anna Noland Oketayot, Judith Namuyonga, Cephas Mijumbi, Ritah Nkwine, Moses Othin, Michael Oketcho, John Paul Magala, Peter Lwabi, Arthur Kwizera, Martin W. Dünser, Christine Florence Najjuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6081954

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