Critically ill patients are at high risk for infection because of many factors, such as airway
instrumentation, alteration in skin integrity secondary to vascular access for monitoring and …

ICUs are an important area for the emergence and spread of nosocomial infections due to
the frequent use of broad-spectrum antibiotics; the crowding of patients with high levels of …

Hospital-acquired infections have profound social, economic, and personal costs to patients
in the intensive care unit (ICU). Numerous risk factors, such as poor nutrition and …

It is estimated that only 5% to 10% of all hospital beds are in intensive care units (ICUs) but
that nosocomial infections in ICU patients account for over 20% of all infections acquired in …

Health care delivery in the intensive care unit (ICU) has changed significantly with the aging
of the population and the shift of many patient care activities from the in-patient to the out …

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 …

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 …

Nosocomial infections (NIs) now concern 5 to 15% of hospitalized patients and can lead to
complications in 25 to 33% of those patients admitted to ICUs. The most common causes are …

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 …

In today's critical care environment, clinicians and nurses face a difficult but essential task.
They must provide comprehensive, compassionate, complex, technologic care without …