Assessing the magnitude and trends in hospital acquired infections in Canadian hospitals through sequential point prevalence surveys

Assessing the magnitude and trends in hospital acquired infections in Canadian hospitals through sequential point prevalence surveys

Abstract Background Healthcare acquired infections (HAI) are an important public health problem in developed countries, but comprehensive data on trends over time are lacking. Prevalence surveys have been used as a surrogate for incidence studies and can be readily repeated. Methods The Canadian Nos...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey Taylor, Denise Gravel, Anne Matlow, Joanne Embree, Nicole LeSaux, Lynn Johnston, Kathryn N. Suh, Michael John, John Embil, Elizabeth Henderson, Virginia Roth, Alice Wong, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-05-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Healthcare acquired infection
Isolation precaution
Prevalence
Canada
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0118-3

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