Nosocomial bloodstream infection and its risk factors in Razi Hospital’s Neonatal intensives care unit of Kermanshah (2002)

Abstract

Background and objectives: NICU acquired infections are associated with increased mortality rates, prolonged duration of hospitalization in survivors and increased cost of neonatal health care. The frequency of these infections has increased in recent decades as a result of increased survival of low birth weight infants. In this study, incidence of nosocomial blood stream infection and risk factors were determined.