Health care-associated infections (HAIs) have become more common as medical care has
grown more complex and patients have become more complicated. HAIs are associated …

Background Rapid and widespread increases in carbapenem resistance (CR) necessitate
identification of risk factors to guide appropriate interventions. Objectives We aimed to …

Background Currently, no single US surveillance system can provide estimates of the
burden of all types of health care–associated infections across acute care patient …

This report presents the evidence available from the scientific literature on the endemic
burden of the most frequent types of HCAI and provides an assessment of epidemiological …

Background Hand hygiene prevents cross infection in hospitals, but compliance with
recommended instructions is commonly poor. We attempted to promote hand hygiene by …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important bacterial pathogen, particularly as a cause of
infections in hospitalised patients, immunocompromised hosts and patients with cystic …

Objective. To determine healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevalence in 9 hospitals in
Jacksonville, Florida; to evaluate the performance of proxy indicators for HAIs; and to refine …

Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) are considered a serious public health issues that
contribute substantially to the global burden of mortality and morbidity with respect to …

Healthcare-associated infections pose one of the most severe threats to patients' health and
remain a major challenge for healthcare providers globally. Among healthcare-associated …

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 …