[HTML][HTML] Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infections in obstetric and gynecological surgeries from a teaching hospital in rural India

A Pathak, K Mahadik, MB Swami, PK Roy… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2017 - Springer
Background Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common healthcare
associated infections in the low-middle income countries. Data on incidence and risk factors …

[HTML][HTML] Device-associated infection rates, mortality, length of stay and bacterial resistance in intensive care units in Ecuador: International Nosocomial Infection …

ES Yepez, MM Bovera, VD Rosenthal… - World journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To report the results of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
(INICC) study conducted in Quito, Ecuador. METHODS A device-associated healthcare …

Management of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in adults: analysis of risk factors associated with treatment failure

I Pelegrín, J Lora-Tamayo… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Little is known regarding the optimal treatment of ventriculoperitoneal (VP)
shunt infections in adults. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of treatment strategies and to …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and etiology of surgical site infections in appendectomies: a 3-year prospective study

HG Garcell, AV Arias, CAP Sandoval… - Oman medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Surgical site infections (SSIs) constitute a threat, especially in complicated
appendicitis, and are commonly due to gram-negative organisms. We sought to describe the …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of nurses' knowledge and practices regarding prevention of surgical site infection

H Sadia, R Kousar, M Azhar, A Waqas… - Saudi j. med. pharm …, 2017 - scholarsmepub.com
Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is a one of the most common healthcare-associated infection
which has a great impact on patient safety. Knowledge and practices of nurses play a key …

Prevention of infection in orthopedic prosthetic surgery

I Chirca, C Marculescu - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2017 - id.theclinics.com
Orthopedic prosthetic surgery has become a fairly frequent and safe orthopedic procedure.
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics show only in 2010 more than a million …

Periprosthetic infection following primary hip and knee arthroplasty: the impact of limiting the postoperative surveillance period

VR Roth, R Mitchell, J Vachon, S Alexandre… - Infection control & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BACKGROUNDHip and knee arthroplasty infections are associated with considerable
healthcare costs. The merits of reducing the postoperative surveillance period from 1 year to …

Hospital-wide comparison of health care-associated infection among 8 intensive care units: A retrospective analysis for 2010-2015

DM Yue, C Song, B Zhang, Z Liu, J Chai, Y Luo… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Exploring the distribution of nosocomial pathogens among different categories
of intensive care units (ICUs) is critical to improving the management of health care …

Multicenter prospective study on device-associated infection rates and bacterial resistance in intensive care units of Venezuela: International Nosocomial Infection …

GD Empaire, ME Guzman Siritt, VD Rosenthal… - International …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Device-associated healthcare-acquired infections (DA-HAI) pose a threat to
patient safety in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods A DA-HAI surveillance study was …

[PDF][PDF] A critical review of post-operative caesarean section sepsis-A retrospective study

K Bhavani, S Prasanthi, Y Jyothsna, I Vani, N Uma - IAIM, 2017 - iaimjournal.com
Background: Caesarean section (CS) wound infections represent a substantial burden to the
health system and the prevention of such infections should be a healthcare priority in …