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Nosocomial Infections in a New Medical Center, Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Bengül Durmaz ,
Riza Durmaz ,
Bariş Otlu  and
Emine Sönmez
Bengül Durmaz*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey
Riza Durmaz
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey
Bariş Otlu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey
Emine Sönmez
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Disease, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Inönü University, 44069, Malatya, Turkey
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Abstract

Nosocomial infection was found in 255 (2.5%) of 10,164 inpatients in a new medical center with a 310-bed capacity. The infection rate was 12.5% in the intensive care unit, 9.5% in neurology, 5.5% in general surgery, and 4.0% in orthopedics. Rates in the other services were lower. Hospital-acquired infections in our medical center frequently involved multiply resistant Enterobacteriaceae and staphylococci.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , August 2000 , pp. 534 - 536
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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