Nosocomial infections:Epidemiology,prevention,control and surveillance

作     者：Hassan Ahmed Khan Fatima Kanwal Baig Riffat Mehboob 

作者机构：Abbottabad University of Science and Technology(AUST)AbbottabadPakistan National University of Science and Technology(NUST)IslamabadPakistan Biomedical SciencesKing Edward Medical UniversityLahorePakistan 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第7卷第5期

页      面：478-482页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Nosocomial infections Control strategies Hospital acquired infections Pathogens Healthcare 

摘      要：Nosocomial infections or healthcare associated infections occur in patients under medical *** infections occur worldwide both in developed and developing *** infections accounts for 7% in developed and 10% in developing *** these infections occur during hospital stay,they cause prolonged stay,disability,and economic *** prevalent infections include central line-associated bloodstream infections,catheter-associated urinary tract infections,surgical site infections and ventilator-associated *** pathogens include bacteria,viruses and fungal *** to WHO estimates,approximately 15% of all hospitalized patients suffer from these *** hospitalization,patient is exposed to pathogens through different sources environment,healthcare staff,and other infected *** of these infections should be restricted for *** waste serves as potential source of pathogens and about 20%–25% of hospital waste is termed as *** infections can be controlled by practicing infection control programs,keep check on antimicrobial use and its resistance,adopting antibiotic control *** surveillance system can play its part at national and international *** are required by all stakeholders to prevent and control nosocomial infections.