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 …

Prevention of nosocomial infections constitutes a strategy to improve patient safety and
quality of care in intensive care unit (ICU). Infection prevention measures, specifically …

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 …

The highest rates of nosocomial infections among hospitalised patients occur in intensive
care units (ICUs), which are also the units where the most severely ill patients are treated …

Since the description of the nosocomial transmission of puerperal sepsis by Semmelweis in
1861, medical science has recognized the potential for developing infection as a direct …

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 …

There is a striking paradox in the literature supporting high-profile measures to reduce
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): many studies show significant reductions in VAP …

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common health
care-associated infections (HAIs) in critical care settings. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to …

Available data on the characteristics of infections in different types of ICUs are limited.
Between May and July 1984, overall infections rates of patients in the ICUs and in the …

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 …