Open AccessInternational nosocomial infection control consortium findings of device-associated infections rate in an intensive care unit of a Lebanese university hospital
Author(s) -
Souha S. Kanj,
Zeina A. Kanafani,
Nisreen Sidani,
L Alamuddin,
Nada Zahreddine,
Víctor D. Rosenthal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.93755
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , ventilator associated pneumonia , infection control , hygiene , emergency medicine , confidence interval , pneumonia , intensive care , prospective cohort study , bloodstream infection , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pathology
To determine the rates of device-associated healthcare-associated infections (DA-HAI), microbiological profile, bacterial resistance, length of stay (LOS), excess mortality and hand hygiene compliance in one intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital member of the International Infection Control Consortium (INICC) in Beirut, Lebanon.