Impact of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional approach on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units of two hospitals in Kuwait.

Autor: Al-Mousa HH; Infection Control Directorate, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Omar AA; Infection Control Directorate, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Rosenthal VD; International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Salama MF; Mubarak Al Kabir Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.; Microbiology and Medical Immunology Department, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, University of Mansoura, Egypt., Aly NY; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.; Department of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt., El-Dossoky Noweir M; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Rebello FM; Mubarak Al Kabir Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Narciso DM; Mubarak Al Kabir Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Sayed AF; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Kurian A; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., George SM; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Mohamed AM; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Ramapurath RJ; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Varghese ST; Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait., Orellano PW; International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional San Nicolás and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Nicolás, Argentina.

Publikováno v: Journal of infection prevention [J Infect Prev] 2018 Jul; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 168-176. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 23.