Background We report the results of INICC surveillance study from 2013 to 2018, in 664
intensive care units (ICUs) in 133 cities, of 45 countries, from Latin-America, Europe, Africa …

Background The prevalence of healthcare associated infection (HAI) is generally higher in
countries with limited resources than developed countries. To address the high prevalence …

Objectives: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is associated with significant morbidity
and mortality in critically ill patients and leads to increases in health-care costs. However, it …

This research is aimed to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), improving VAP
rates, maintaining the airway, and promoting compliance of standard care practices. This …

Background: Approximately 250,000 CLABSIs occur in the US each year, 80,000 in
intensive care units, these infections are associated with over 28,000 deaths each year and …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important condition constituting the half of the
hospitaloriginated pneumonia cases. The ventilator-associated pneumonia can result from …

Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP); It is defined as pneumonia that occurs
at least 48 hours after the patient starts to receive respiratory support on the mechanical …

Funding: The funding for design, development, maintenance, technical support, data
validation, and report generation of ISOS, and the activities carried out at INICC …