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- Title
Device-associated nosocomial infections in 55 intensive care units of 8 developing countries.
- Authors
Rosenthal, Victor D; Maki, Dennis G; Salomao, Reinaldo; Moreno, Carlos Alvarez; Mehta, Yatin; Higuera, Francisco; Cuellar, Luis E; Arikan, Ozay Akan; Abouqal, Rédouane; Leblebicioglu, Hakan; International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
- Abstract
Health care-associated infections from invasive medical devices in the intensive care unit (ICU) are a major threat to patient safety. Most published studies of ICU-acquired infections have come from industrialized western countries. In a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System report, the U.S. pooled mean rates of central venous catheter (CVC)-related bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections were 4.0 per 1000 CVC days, 5.4 per 1000 mechanical ventilator days, and 3.9 per Foley catheter days, respectively.
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2006, Vol 145, Issue 8, p582
- ISSN
1539-3704
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-145-8-200610170-00007