Objectives: To synthesize the literature describing compliance with World Health
Organization hand hygiene guidelines in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of extant research …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are major patient safety problems in hospitals,
especially in intensive care units (ICUs). Patients in ICUs are prone to HAIs due to reduced …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a serious problem for patient safety and affect
hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. 1, 2 In low-income and middle-income countries …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) including device-associated HAI (DA-HAI) are a
serious patient safety issue in hospitals worldwide, affecting 5–10% of hospitalized patients …

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

Background Morbidity and mortality in surgical systems in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) remain high compared to high-income countries. Quality improvement processes …

Background The cost-effectiveness of a hand hygiene (HH) program in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) is largely unknown. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a HH …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in
the intensive care unit (ICU), accounting for relevant morbidity and mortality among critically …

Catheter‐associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a common complication associated
with indwelling urinary catheters, frequently used in healthcare settings. Nurses play a …