Device-associated infection rates and bacterial resistance in six academic teaching hospitals of Iran: Findings from the International Nocosomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Device-associated infection rates and bacterial resistance in six academic teaching hospitals of Iran: Findings from the International Nocosomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Summary: Device-associated health care-acquired infections (DA-HAIs) pose a threat to patient safety, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, few data regarding DA-HAI rates and their associated bacterial resistance in ICUs from Iran are available. A DA-HAI surveillance study was con...

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Main Authors: Somayeh Jahani-Sherafat, Maryam Razaghi, Victor D. Rosenthal, Elahe Tajeddin, Simasadat Seyedjavadi, Marjan Rashidan, Masoud Alebouyeh, Maryam Rostampour, Arezo Haghi, Masoumeh Sayarbayat, Somayeh Farazmandian, Tahere Yarmohammadi, Fardokht K. Arshadi, Nahid Mansouri, Mohammad R. Sarbazi, Mariano Vilar, Mohammad R. Zali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115000969

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