Background Health care‐associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.
Hand hygiene is regarded as an effective preventive measure. This is an update of a …

A panel of experts was convened by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
to overview evidence based strategies to reduce the transmission of pathogens via the …

Background Vietnam is a lower middle-income country with no national surveillance system
for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). We assessed the prevalence of hospital-acquired …

Background Prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) is central to providing safe and
high quality healthcare. Transmission of infection between patients by health workers, and …

Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a serious problem for patient safety and affect
hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. 1, 2 In low-income and middle-income countries …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an iatrogenic pulmonary infection that develops in
tracheally intubated patients on mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is the …

Background. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in significant morbidity and
mortality. Hand hygiene remains a cornerstone intervention for preventing HAIs …

Background Comprehensive incidence estimates indicate that 1.7 million healthcare-
associated infections (HAIs) and 99,000 HAI-associated deaths occur in US hospitals …

Background The effectiveness of hand rubbing with alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) is
impacted by several factors. To investigate these, World Health Organization (WHO) …

Background Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health worldwide. The
relationship between the intensity of antibiotic use and resistance might not be linear …