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Device associated infections at a trauma surgical center of India: Trend over eight years by Purva Mathur; Surbhi Khurana; Subodh Kumar; Deepak Gupta; Richa Aggrawal; Kapil Dev Soni; Keshav Goyal; Navdeep Sokhal; Gyanendra Pal Singh; Ashish Bindra; Sushma Sagar; Kamran Farooque; Vijay Sharma; Vivek Trikha; Amit Gupta; Anjan Trikha; Rajesh Malhotra is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: Device-associated infections (dais) are an important cause of excessive stay and mortality in icus. trauma patients are predisposed to acquire such infections due to various factors. the prevalence of hais is underreported from developing nations due to a lack of systematic surveillance. this study reports the rates and outcomes of dais at a dedicated trauma center in trauma patients and compares the rates with a previous pilot observation. ## Methods: The study reports the finding of ongoing surveillance and the use of an indigenous software at a level-1 trauma center in india. surveillance for ventilator-associated pneumonia, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections was done based on standard definitions. the rates of hais and the profile of pathogens isolated from june 2010 to december 2018 were analyzed. ## Results: A total of 7485 patients were included in the analysis, amounting to 68,715 patient days. the rates of vap, clabsi, and ca-uti were respectively 12, 9.8 1st 8.5/1000 device days. there was a significant correlation between device days and the propensity to develop infections. of the 1449 isolates

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Purva Mathur; Surbhi Khurana; Subodh Kumar; Deepak Gupta; Richa Aggrawal; Kapil Dev Soni; Keshav Goyal; Navdeep Sokhal; Gyanendra Pal Singh; Ashish Bindra; Sushma Sagar; Kamran Farooque; Vijay Sharma; Vivek Trikha; Amit Gupta; Anjan Trikha; Rajesh Malhotra

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2021

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EN

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Medicine (Health Sciences)