Aims: NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS are one of the most important problems in health care
centers and intensive care unit patients. Developing evidence based guidelines for the …

Background: Changes in patient profile, and in the health care environment, altering
socioeconomic conditions and advances in science and information technology challenge …

Infection prevention is an intervention opportunity to promote patient safety. The strategies to
obtain the full implementation of available prevention measures is the main challenge in …

Objective: To develop a national evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and control
of nosocomial infection Material and Method: Draft guidelines for the prevention and control …

There is currently enormous interest in the field of infection control in ICU patients. Experts in
this field are aiming to summarize existing knowledge on decreasing nosocomial infection …

Healthcare-associated infections are a serious concern worldwide and are considered the
greatest risk that patients face upon hospitalization, with 5% to 15% of patients affected [1 …

Patients in an ICU are at increased risk for a nosocomial infection. Infection control practices
to reduce these risks have often been based on scant information. A recent trend to base …

Background Hospital-acquired infections are a common problem in Intensive Care Units and
are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and cost of hospitalization. Despite the …

Objective To evaluate compliance with recommended patient-care practices for the
prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Design …

Nosocomial infections continue to be significant causes of morbidity, mortality, and added
costs in the health care setting. Half of all life-threatening nosocomial bloodstream infections …