Health care-associated infection surveillance in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: A prospective clinical study after moving to a new building

Cura, Ceyhun; ÖZEN, METEHAN; Kara, Aybuke; ALKAN, Gulsum; Cetin, Emel

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.032

Health care-associated infection surveillance in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: A prospective clinical study after moving to a new building

Cura C., ÖZEN M., Kara A. A., ALKAN G., Cetin E.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.44, sa.1, ss.80-84, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.032
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.80-84
Anahtar Kelimeler: Health care-associated infection surveillance, Neonatal intensive care unit, Prevention, Relocation, NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS, NICU
Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: There are very few prospective clinical studies on neonatal health care-associated infection (HAI) surveillance. HAI surveillance helps reduce not only mortality, but also morbidity, length of hospital stay, and health care costs.