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Effect of an Infection Control Program on the Frequency of Nosocomial Viral Respiratory Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ramiro J. Gómez-Villa ,
Andreu Comas-García ,
Vicente López-Rojas ,
Luis F. Pérez-González ,
Josefina Sánchez-Alvarado ,
Rocío Salazar-Zaragoza ,
Juana M. Ruiz-González ,
Ángel G. Alpuche-Solís  and
Daniel E. Noyola
Ramiro J. Gómez-Villa
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology, San Luis Potosi, México
Andreu Comas-García
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology, San Luis Potosi, México
Vicente López-Rojas
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, San Luis Potosí, México Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Pediatrics Department, San Luis Potosí, México
Luis F. Pérez-González
Affiliation:
Pediatrics, San Luis Potosí, México Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Pediatrics Department, San Luis Potosí, México Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, San Luis Potosí, México
Josefina Sánchez-Alvarado
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology, San Luis Potosi, México
Rocío Salazar-Zaragoza
Affiliation:
Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, San Luis Potosí, México
Juana M. Ruiz-González
Affiliation:
Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, San Luis Potosí, México
Ángel G. Alpuche-Solís
Affiliation:
Hospital Central “Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, ”, and Molecular Biology Division, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí, México
Daniel E. Noyola*
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology, San Luis Potosi, México Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Pediatrics Department, San Luis Potosí, México
*
Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Avenida Venustiano Carranza 2405, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México78210 (dnoyola@uaslp.mx)
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Abstract

We determined the rate of nosocomial viral respiratory infection in infants and the effect of an infection control program during 4 winter seasons. The rate of nosocomial viral respiratory infection decreased from 6.09 episodes per 100 patients admitted during the first study year to 1.46 episodes per 100 patients admitted during the last study year.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 556 - 558
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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