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Surveillance of Device-Associated Infection Rates and Mortality in 3 Greek Intensive Care Units
Author(s) -
E Apostolopoulou,
Vasilios Raftopoulos,
Georgios Filntisis,
Prokopis Kithreotis,
E. Stefanidis,
Petros Galanis,
Dimitrios Veldekis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1937-710X
pISSN - 1062-3264
DOI - 10.4037/ajcc2013324
Subject(s) - medicine , ventilator associated pneumonia , intensive care , pneumonia , acinetobacter baumannii , intensive care unit , acinetobacter , antimicrobial stewardship , antibiotic resistance , carbapenem , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , mortality rate , emergency medicine , infection control , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , bacteria , biology , genetics
Several studies suggest that device-associated, health care-associated infections (DA-HAIs) affect the quality of care in intensive care units, increasing patients' morbidity and mortality and the costs of patient care.

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