Central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are an important cause of
hospital-acquired infection associated with morbidity, mortality, and cost. Consequences …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent ICU-acquired infections
and a leading cause of death among patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The South East …

Nosocomial infections, termed hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), are acquired from a
healthcare or hospital setting. HAI is mainly caused by bacteria, such as Acinetobacter …

Background: Indwelling medical devices (IMDs) in critical patients are vulnerable to
colonization by biofilm producing bacteria. Complex characteristics of bacterial biofilms …

OBJECTIVETo report the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
surveillance data from 40 hospitals (20 cities) in India 2004–2013. METHODSSurveillance …

Background Surveillance of health care–associated infections (HAIs) plays a key role in the
hospital infection control program and reduction of HAIs. In India, most of the surveillance of …

Background: Hitherto efforts to implement data driven prevention guidelines for hospital-
acquired infections (HAI) in Nigeria have been limited by the inadequate knowledge of the …

Aim To find out the burden, predisposing factors and multidrug resistant organisms causing
HAI in a resource limited setting. Materials and Methods This prospective observational …

Background Device-associated health care-acquired infections (DA-HAIs) in intensive care
unit patients are a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and increased health care costs …

This chapter contributes to our understanding of media and spirituality in at least three key
ways. First, it defines and categorizes spirituality as non-theistic and theistic spirituality that …