Device-associated infection rates and bacterial resistance in six academic teaching hospitals of Iran: Findings from the International Nocosomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

• Main Authors: Somayeh Jahani-Sherafat (Author), Maryam Razaghi (Author), Victor D. Rosenthal (Author), Elahe Tajeddin (Author), Simasadat Seyedjavadi (Author), Marjan Rashidan (Author), Masoud Alebouyeh (Author), Maryam Rostampour (Author), Arezo Haghi (Author), Masoumeh Sayarbayat (Author), Somayeh Farazmandian (Author), Tahere Yarmohammadi (Author), Fardokht K. Arshadi (Author), Nahid Mansouri (Author), Mohammad R. Sarbazi (Author), Mariano Vilar (Author), Mohammad R. Zali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Device-associated health care-acquired infections (DA-HAIs) pose a threat to patient safety, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, few data regarding DA-HAI rates and their associated bacterial resistance in ICUs from Iran are available. A DA-HAI surveillance study was con...