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Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq1, Paul A Tambyah2
1Specialty Internal Medicine Unit Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Abstract:
Healthcare associated infections (HAI) are among the major complications of modern medical therapy. The most important HAIs are those related to invasive devices: central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as well as surgical site infections (SSI). HAIs are associated with significant mortality, morbidities and increasing healthcare cost. The cited case-fatality rate ranges from 2.3% to 14.4% depending on the type of infection. In this mini-review, we shed light on these aspects as well as drivers to decrease HAIs.
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