Nosocomial infection associated with ICU patients and Devices
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2018-04-16
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faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University
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Nosocomial infections or healthcare associated infections occur in patients under
medical care. These infections occur worldwide both in developed and developing
countries. Nosocomial infections accounts for 7% in developed and 10% in
developing countries. As these infections occur during hospital stay, they cause
prolonged stay, disability, and economic burden. Nosocomial infections can be
controlled by practicing infection control programs, keep check on antimicrobial use
and its resistance, adopting antibiotic control policy.
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‘Nosocomial’ or ‘healthcare associated infections’ (HCAI) appear in a patient under
medical care in the hospital or other health care facility which was absent at the time
of admission.
Invasive devices such as catheters and ventilators employed in modern health care are
associated to these infections. Of every hundred hospitalized patients, seven in
developed and ten in developing countries can acquire one of the healthcare
associated infections.
According to Extended Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC II) study, the
proportion of infected patients within the ICU are often as high as 51%.
With increasing infections, there is an increase in prolonged hospital stay, long term
disability, increased antimicrobial resistance, increase in socio-economic disturbance,
and increased mortality rate
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