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Surveillance systems for healthcare-associated infection in high and upper-middle income countries: A scoping review by Saho Takaya; Kayoko Hayakawa; Nobuaki Matsunaga; Yuki Moriyama; Yuichi Katanami; Taichi Tajima; Chika Tanaka; Yuki Kimura; Sho Saito; Yoshiki Kusama; Shinichiro Morioka; Yumiko Fujitomo; Norio Ohmagari is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Healthcare-associated infection (hai) surveillance is useful for improved infection control. to understand the current hai surveillance systems (haiss) trend globally, a scoping review was performed. ## Materials and methods: The search strategy included academic literature review, google search, and questionnaires by the embassies of japan (registration number: umin000036035). eighty-two high and 56 upper-middle income countries defined by country income classification for the world bank were targeted. the following information was reviewed: name of the system, official website, languages used in the official website, foundation year, operating body, survey type (prevalence or incidence), reporting periodicity, mode of participation (mandatory or voluntary), targeted medical facilities, targeted hais and definitions, targeted antimicrobial resistant pathogens, and parameters. online accessibility of the official websites of the ss was assessed through google search. ## Results and conclusion: Forty-two (30.4%) countries (35 [42.7%] high and 7 [12.5%] upper-middle income countries) had national haiss. most systems operated on a voluntary basis, monitored hai incidenc
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- Author
- Saho Takaya; Kayoko Hayakawa; Nobuaki Matsunaga; Yuki Moriyama; Yuichi Katanami; Taichi Tajima; Chika Tanaka; Yuki Kimura; Sho Saito; Yoshiki Kusama; Shinichiro Morioka; Yumiko Fujitomo; Norio Ohmagari
- Publisher
- Springer; Elsevier ; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1341-321X)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)