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Burden of healthcare-associated infections at six tertiary-care hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A point prevalence survey
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Burden of healthcare-associated infections at six tertiary-care hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A point prevalence survey

Majid M. Alshamrani, Aiman El-Saed, Asim Alsaedi, Ayman El Gammal, Wafa Al Nasser, Syed Nazeer and Hanan H. Balkhy
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.40(3), pp.355-357
01/03/2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.338
PMID: 30777580

Abstract

Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology
A point prevalence survey was conducted on May 11, 2017, among inpatients at 6 hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The overall point prevalence was 6.8% (114 of 1,666). The most common types of infections were pneumonia (27.2%), urinary tract infections (20.2%), and bloodstream infections (10.5%). Approximately 19.2% of healthcare-associated infections were device associated.

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