Original Article The prevalence and diagnostic criteria of health-care associated infections in neonatal intensive care units in Turkey: A multicenter point- prevalence study
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: TUĞBA BEDİR DEMİRDAĞ, ESİN KOÇ, HASAN TEZER, Suna Oguz, MEHMET SATAR, Ozge Saglam, Saime Sunduz Uygun, Esra Onal, İBRAHİM MURAT HIRFANOĞLU, Kadir Şerafettin TEKGÜNDÜZ, NİHAL OYGÜR, Ali Bulbul, Adil Umut Zubarioglu, Nuran Ustun, Sezin Unal, Canan Aygun, Belma Saygili Karagol, Aysegul Zenciroglu, M. Yekta Oncel, ADVİYE ÇAKIL SAĞLIK, EMEL OKULU, Demet TEREK, Nejat Narli, DİDEM ALİEFENDİOĞLU, Tugba Gursoy, Sevim Unal, MÜNEVVER KAYNAK TÜRKMEN, Fatma Kaya Narter, NÜKHET ALADAĞ ÇİFTDEMİR, Serdar BEKEN, Salih Cagri Cakir, ŞULE YİĞİT, Asuman Coban, Ayse Ecevit, Yalcin Celik, Ferit Kulali
PEDIATRICS AND NEONATOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2021, vol 62, pp 208-217
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2021.01.001
Summary
Background: Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) in the neonatal period cause substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of HAIs, antimicrobial susceptibility of causative agents, and the adaptivity of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria in neonatal HAI diagnosis.