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Challenges with Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the public health sector in South Africa is not known due to the lack of a surveillance system. We report on the challenges experienced in the implementation of a surveillance system for HAIs in intensive care units (ICUs). METH...

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Autores principales:	Mahomed, Saajida, Mahomed, Ozayr, Sturm, A. Willem, Knight, Stephen, Moodley, Prashini
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7296317

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