Role of intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in transmission of ventilator-associated pneumonia | Zendy

Noyal Mariya Joseph | Zendy; Sujatha Sistla | Zendy; Tarun Kumar Dutta | Zendy; Ashok Shankar Badhe | Zendy; Desdemona Rasitha | Zendy; Subhash Chandra Parija | Zendy

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Role of intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in transmission of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Author(s) -

Noyal Mariya Joseph,

Sujatha Sistla,

Tarun Kumar Dutta,

Ashok Shankar Badhe,

Desdemona Rasitha,

Subhash Chandra Parija

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.800

Subject(s) - intensive care unit , pneumonia , ventilator associated pneumonia , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , intensive care medicine , health care , environmental health , computer science , telecommunications , economics , economic growth

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported to cause outbreaks of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in several studies. The high prevalence of these pathogens prompted us to study the different strains of these pathogens prevailing in our intensive care units (ICUs) and determine the role of ICU environment and health-care workers (HCWs) in the transmission of infection.

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