ArticleJournal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures)2020
A Comparison of Nosocomial Infection Density in Intensive Care Units on Relocating to a New Hospital.
Article in Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effect of single-patient room design on the incidence of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Relocation of hospital facilities: guidelines for resilient performance.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit.Journal of intensive medicine · 2023Review
- A look at the past to draw lessons for the future: how the case of an urgent ICU transfer taught us to always be ready with a plan B.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Evaluation of prevalance and risk factors for bloodstream infection in severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2022Article
- The Susceptibility of MDR-Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe study aimed to investigate the changes in nosocomial infection density after patients were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a new-build hospital.
methodsThe types and rates of nosocomial infections were obtained for a one-year period retrospectively before leaving the old hospital premises and for a one-year periods after moving into the new hospital. The intensive care unit in the "old" premises was comprised of a 17-bedded hall, and thirty-three nurses shifted to work forty-eight hours a week, with each nurse assigned to provide care for two patients. The intensive care unit in the "new" premises consisted of single rooms, each with twenty-eight beds.
resultsThe median nosocomial infection density decreased from 23 to 15 per 1000 in-patient days. The catheter-related urinary tract infection rate decreased from 7.5 to 2.6 per100 catheter days.
conclusionsTreatment of patients in the new hospital resulted in a decrease in nosocomial infection density.
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