Maldonado RNE

Language: Spanish
References: 11
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ABSTRACT

The importance of hospital diseases consists of the disturbances they produce. Time spent in hospital goes by, diagnose and treatment resources are employed, and as a consequence of this, there is a great lack of economic balance both for the institution and the family. All of these detriments may be potentially reverted.
The risks of getting ill or even dying cause of an intra- hospital infection are closely related to quality service level in hospitals. Thus, an observance program on hospital infections is required, aimed to set up strategies to control and prevent them. The success possibility of these programs needs some kind of knowledge about prevailing infections as well as risk factors associated with them. In this article, we try to talk about every aspect related to hospital infections and their control, specifically the one carried out in the Unit of Intensive Coronary Care and Post-surgical Intensive Therapy.

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