Device Exposure and Patient Risk Factors' Impact on the Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in PICUs

• Main Authors: Elena Fresán-Ruiz (Author), Gemma Pons-Tomás (Author), Juan Carlos de Carlos-Vicente (Author), Amaya Bustinza-Arriortua (Author), María Slocker-Barrio (Author), Sylvia Belda-Hofheinz (Author), Montserrat Nieto-Moro (Author), Sonia María Uriona-Tuma (Author), Laia Pinós-Tella (Author), Elvira Morteruel-Arizcuren (Author), Cristina Schuffelmann (Author), Yolanda Peña-López (Author), Sara Bobillo-Pérez (Author), Iolanda Jordan (Author), on behalf of the Pediatric- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Healthcare-associated infections related to device use (DA-HAIs) are a serious public health problem since they increase mortality, length of hospital stay and healthcare costs. We performed a multicenter, prospective study analyzing critically ill pediatric patients admitted to 26 Spanish pediatric...