Health care-associated infection surveillance in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: A prospective clinical study after moving to a new building

Cura, Ceyhun; ÖZEN, Metehan; Kara, Aybuke; ALKAN, Gulsum; Cetin, Emel

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.032

Health care-associated infection surveillance in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit: A prospective clinical study after moving to a new building

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Cura C., ÖZEN M., Kara A. A., ALKAN G., Cetin E.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, vol.44, no.1, pp.80-84, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 44 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.032
Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.80-84
Süleyman Demirel University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: There are very few prospective clinical studies on neonatal health care-associated infection (HAI) surveillance. HAI surveillance helps reduce not only mortality, but also morbidity, length of hospital stay, and health care costs.