Intensive care units (ICUs) are a major target for infection surveillance and control programs
within hospitals, as ICUs typically represent/0% of all hospital beds, and account for 25~ of …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Although only 5–10% of all hospitalized patients are treated in ICUs, they account
for approximately 25% of all nosocomial infections, and the incidence of nosocomial …

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 …

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

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 …

In the intensive care unit (ICU), our sickest patients receive our most invasive treatments and
are therefore highly vulnerable to hospital-acquired infection. Up to one-third of ICU patients …

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 …

Intensive care units (ICUs) are a primary component of modern medicine and are currently
in more than 95% of acute-care hospitals in the United States. Although ICUs account for …