Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infections (NIs) in
four Swiss university hospitals. Design and Setting: A 1-week period-prevalence survey …

A one-week period-prevalence survey, aimed at assessing the scale of nosocomial
infections, was conducted in May 1996 in medical, surgical, and intensive care wards of 4 …

An analysis of risk factors for nosocomial infections (NI) was carried out using data from the
first national prevalence survey on NI in Germany. Fourteen thousand, nine hundred and …

The nosocomial infection (NI) rate in German hospitals was studied in order to create
reference data for comparison in hospitals where ongoing surveillance is impossible. The …

BACKGROUND: The aim of our study was to assess the magnitude of nosocomial infections
(NI) in 15 Italian hospitals. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A multicenter point prevalence study …

Objective: The study aimed to assess prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infection
(NI) in 21 hospitals of the Veneto Region (Italy). Methods: In May 2003, a one-week-period …

A study was performed to estimate the prevalence of nosocomial infections (NI) and assess
differences between medical care settings in one hospital complex. A seven-day period …

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health initiated a national surveillance system for
nosocomial infections in 2002. The system is based on two annual one-day prevalence …

Background Nosocomial infections (NI) increase morbidity and mortality. Studies of their
prevalence in single institutions can reveal trends over time and help to identify risk factors …

In order to obtain an overview for the planning of further infection control activities, nine
repeated prevalence studies were performed at monthly intervals. These occurred in the …