Incidence density and relative risk of nosocomial infection in Taiwan's only children's hospital, 1999-2003

Suh Hwa Maa; Hsin Lun Lee; Yhu Chering Huang; Hsieh Wu June; Tsung Shan Tsou; Karen MacDonald; Ivo Abraham

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Incidence density and relative risk of nosocomial infection in Taiwan's only children's hospital, 1999-2003

Suh Hwa Maa, Hsin Lun Lee, Yhu Chering Huang, Hsieh Wu June, Tsung Shan Tsou, Karen MacDonald, Ivo Abraham

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We report on 2,688 nosocomial infection episodes involving 3,238 pathogens in Taiwan's only children's hospital. The mean annual incidence density was 4.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days. The relative risk was highest in intensive care units, oncology wards, and neonatal observation wards. Very young, low-birth-weight, critically ill, and oncology patients were most at risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	767-770
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/589724
State	Published - Aug 2008

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