Surveillance of health-care associated infections in an intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital in Central India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Because the risk of health-care associated infections (HAIs) is high in intensive care units, and HAIs are one of the causes of morbidity and mortality and affects the overall quality of health care, the continuous monitoring of HAIs in intensive care patients is essential.

Aim and objectives

This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of five years in a tertiary-care teaching hospital. The aim of the study was to investigate the main and specific types of health-care associated Infections and determine the microbiological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility rates of isolates in patients with HAI.

Methods

: The active surveillance method was used to detect HAIs in patients who spent over 48 hr in a targeted ICU. Patients with

SUBMITTER: Lohiya R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726722 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature