Hakan Leblebicioglu, Nurettin Erben, Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Begüm Atasay, Ayse Erbay, Serhat Unal, Gunes Senol, Ayse Willke, Asu Özgültekin, Nilgün Altin, Mehmet Bakir, Oral Oncul, Gülden Ersöz, Davut Ozdemir, Ata Nevzat Yalcin, Halil Özdemir, Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Iftihar Koksal, Canan Aygun, Fatma Sirmatel, Alper Sener, Nazan Tuna, Özay Arikan Akan, Huseyin Turgut, A Pekcan Demiroz, Tanil Kendirli, Emine Alp, Cengiz Uzun, Sercan Ulusoy, Dilek Arman
BACKGROUND: Device-associated healthcare-acquired infections (DA-HAI) pose a threat to patient safety, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU). We report the results of the International Infection Control Consortium (INICC) study conducted in Turkey from August 2003 through October 2012. METHODS: A DA-HAI surveillance study in 63 adult, paediatric ICUs and neonatal ICUs (NICUs) from 29 hospitals, in 19 cities using the methods and definitions of the U.S. NHSN and INICC methods...
November 18, 2014: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials