Online ISSN: 2515-8260

“Laboratory-based surveillance of health care associated infections in a tertiary care hospital of Chhattisgarh, India.”

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Dr. Rakesh Kumar,Dr. Rudraksh Kesharwani,Dr. Pratibha Chandra,Dr. Arshad Ayub,

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Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are one of the worst events that can occur to a hospital admitted patient. HCAIs can cause increase in economic burden to patient and patient load to hospital. Objectives: The objective of this study was to generate HCAI rate based on laboratory data and to identify the common pathogens associated with nosocomial infections prevalent in various Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and surgical wards.

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