Device-associated infection rates and mortality in intensive care units of Peruvian hospitals: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium Tasas de infección asociadas a aparatos y mortalidad en unidades de cuidados intensivos de hospitales peruanos: datos del Consorcio Internacional para el Control de las Infecciones Nosocomiales

OBJECTIVES: To measure device-associated infection (DAI) rates, microbiological profiles, bacterial resistance, and attributable mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitals in Peru that are members of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). METHODS: Prospective c...

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Main Authors:	Luis E. Cuellar, Eduardo Fernandez-Maldonado, Victor D. Rosenthal, Alex Castaneda-Sabogal, Rosa Rosales, Manuel J. Mayorga-Espichan, Luis A. Camacho-Cosavalente, Luis I. Castillo-Bravo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pan American Health Organization 2008-07-01
Series:	Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:	Infecciones bacterianas infección hospitalaria farmacorresistencia bacteriana hospitales control de infecciones unidades de terapia intensiva tiempo de internación mortalidad Perú Bacterial infections cross infection drug resistance, bacterial hospitals infection control intensive care units length of stay mortality Peru
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