Device-associated infection rates in adult intensive care units of Cuban university hospitals: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings | Zendy

Humberto Guanche Garcell | Zendy; Osiel Requejo-Pino | Zendy; Víctor Rosenthal | Zendy; Clara Morales-Pérez | Zendy; O. Delgado-González | Zendy; D. Fernández-González | Zendy

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Device-associated infection rates in adult intensive care units of Cuban university hospitals: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings

Author(s) -

Humberto Guanche Garcell,

Osiel Requejo-Pino,

Víctor Rosenthal,

Clara Morales-Pérez,

O. Delgado-González,

D. Fernández-González

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.02.001

Subject(s) - medicine , hygiene , infection control , emergency medicine , intensive care , ventilator associated pneumonia , bloodstream infection , pneumonia , pediatrics , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , pathology

To determine the rate of device-associated healthcare-associated infection (DA-HAI), microbiological profile, length of stay (LOS), extra mortality, and hand hygiene compliance in two intensive care units (ICUs) of two hospital members of the International Infection Control Consortium (INICC) of Havana, Cuba.

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