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For the most recent data on the effects of HAIs and the results of HAI reduction efforts, click on the studies listed below:



HAIs:
  • Dispelling the Myths: The True Cost of Healthcare–Associated Infections An APIC Briefing/ February 2007 – Murphy, Whiting – Pages 1–15 Read More

  • Conference Summary: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Download PDF

  • Healthcare workers are a key risk group because of the nature of their work (Health & Safety Executive) Read More

  • Healthcare associated infections in Europe: Burden and surveillance strategies Download PDF



Cross Contamination:
  • CDC: Overview of Clostridium difficile Infections Read More

  • CDC: Overview of Healthcare–associated MRSA Read More

  • Can antibiotic–resistant nosocomial infections be controlled? The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2001, Pages 38–45
    Barry M Farr, Cassandra D Salgado, Tobi B Karchmer and Robert J Sherertz
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  • Conference Summary: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Download PDF

  • JAMA: Invasive Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the United States Download PDF



SSIs:
  • An overview of surgical site infections: aetiology, incidence and risk factors Download PDF

  • Risk factors for surgical site infection after cardiac surgery The role of endogenous flora. Read More

  • The Economic Costs of Surgical Site Infections Read More

  • The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s

    Attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs.

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  • Health and economic impact of surgical site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge. Read More

  • Hospitals collaborate to decrease surgical site infections Read More

  • Maintaining Intraoperative Normothermia: A Meta-analysis of Outcomes with Costs Download PDF

  • Reduced risk of surgical site infections through surveillance in a network Read More

  • CDC Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

    Presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs), formerly called surgical wound infections.

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  • It's Time To Operate. Do You Know Where Your Instruments Are? Download PDF

  • Personal protective equipment - guidelines Read More




VAP:
  • Clinical and economic consequences of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review Safdar, MD, et al Read More
  • State of the Art: Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Jean Chastre and Jean-Yves Fagon Download PDF
  • Guidelines for Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the Trauma Patient

    Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury, a Large–Scale Collaborative Project: Patient–Oriented Research Core—Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Care.

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