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Benchmarking of urinary tract infection rates: experiences from the intensive care unit component of the German national nosocomial infections surveillance system
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A much smaller surveillance effect forCAUTI was observed compared with similar data for ventilator-associated pneumonia and primary bloodstream infections and a lack of awareness by many intensivists for CAUTI compared with the other two infection types may be responsible.About:
This article is published in Journal of Hospital Infection.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 29 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intensive care.read more
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Catheter associated urinary tract infections
TL;DR: The most important interventions to prevent bacteriuria and infection are to limit indwelling catheter use and, whenCatheter use is necessary, to discontinue the catheter as soon as clinically feasible.
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Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus
Walter Zingg,Alison Holmes,Markus Dettenkofer,Tim Goetting,Federica Secci,Lauren Clack,Benedetta Allegranzi,Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos,Didier Pittet +8 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of studies identified crucial elements for the organisation of effective infection-prevention programmes in hospitals and key components for implementation of monitoring to reduce health-care-associated infections and improve patients' safety.
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Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations
Julie Storr,Anthony Twyman,Walter Zingg,Nizam Damani,Claire Kilpatrick,Jacqui Reilly,Lesley Price,Matthias Egger,M Lindsay Grayson,Edward Kelley,Benedetta Allegranzi +10 more
TL;DR: Eleven recommendations and three good practice statements form the substance of a new WHO IPC guideline, which is critical for the successful containment of antimicrobial resistance and the prevention of health care-associated infections.
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Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch Institut
TL;DR: Die Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene and Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) verpflichtet ihre Empfehlungen aufgrund neuer infektionsepidemiologischer Erkenntnisse stetig weiterzuentwickeln.
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Regional distribution of nosocomial infections due to ESBL-positive Enterobacteriaceae in Germany: data from the German National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (KISS)
TL;DR: The proportion of ESBL-positive Enterobacteriaceae in nosocomial infections has significantly increased in Germany over the last 6 years and Hospitals in Central Germany and surgical departments in all of Germany are especially affected by this development.
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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988
TL;DR: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) developed a new set of definitions for surveillance of nosocomial infections as mentioned in this paper, which combine specific clinical findings with results of laboratory and other tests that include recent advances in diagnostic technology.
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Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Thomas M. Hooton,Suzanne F. Bradley,Diana D. Cardenas,Richard Colgan,Suzanne E. Geerlings,James C. Rice,Sanjay Saint,Anthony J. Schaeffer,Paul A. Tambayh,Peter Tenke,Lindsay E. Nicolle +10 more
TL;DR: These guidelines are intended for use by physicians in all medical specialties who perform direct patient care, with an emphasis on the care of patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
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National nosocomial infections surveillance system (NNIS): description of surveillance methods.
T.Grace Emori,David H. Culver,Teresa C. Horan,William R. Jarvis,John W. White,David R. Olson,Shailen N. Banerjee,Jonathan R. Edwards,William J. Martone,Robert P. Gaynes,James M. Hughes +10 more
TL;DR: The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS) is an ongoing collaborative surveillance system sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to obtain national data on nosocomial infections to develop and evaluate strategies to prevent and control nosocomials infections.
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Effectiveness of a nationwide nosocomial infection surveillance system for reducing nosocomial infections
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TL;DR: Participation in the German national NI surveillance system KISS was associated with a significant reduction in these three NIs: ventilator-associated pneumonia, central-venous-catheter-related primary bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs), and surgical site infections in surgical inpatients.
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