Healthcare-associated infection and its determinants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare-associated infection is a global threat in healthcare which increases the emergence of multiple drug-resistant microbial infections. Hence, continuous surveillance data is required before or after patient discharge from health institutions though such data is scarce in developing countries. Similarly, ongoing infection surveillance data are not available in Ethiopia. However, various primary studies conducted in the country showed different magnitude and determinants of healthcare-associated infection from 1983 to 2017. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the national pooled prevalence and determinants of healthcare-associated infection in Ethiopia.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and grey li

SUBMITTER: Alemu AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584210 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature