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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zingg W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3497007 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nutrients 20121016 10
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in preterm infants are a challenge to the care of these fragile patients. HAI-incidence rates range from 6 to 27 infections per 1000 patient-days. Most nosocomial infections are bloodstream infections and of these, the majority is associated with the use of central venous catheters. Many studies identified parenteral nutrition as an independent risk factor for HAI, catheter-associated bloodstream infection, and clinical sepsis. This fact and various publis ...[more]