Impact of Education and Process Surveillance on Device-Associated Health Care-Associated Infection Rates in a Turkish ICU: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Impact of Education and Process Surveillance on Device-Associated Health Care-Associated Infection Rates in a Turkish ICU: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of process and outcome surveillance on rates of device-associated health care-associated infections (DA-HAI) in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Turkey over a four-year period.Material and Methods: An open label, prospective cohort, active DA...

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Main Authors: Ahmet Dilek, Fatma Ülger, Şaban Esen, Musa Acar, Hakan Leblebicioğlu, Victor D. Rosenthal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2012-03-01
Series:Balkan Medical Journal
Subjects:
Health care-associated infection
ventilator-associated pneumonia
central line-associated bloodstream infection
catheter-associated urinary tract infection
outcome and process surveillance
hand hygiene
intensive care unit
Online Access:http://www.tutfd.org/text.php3?id=837

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