The effect of hand hygiene audit in COVID intensive care units in a tertiary care hospital in South India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.07.008
Abstract: Background : In the era of COVID-19 pandemic, there is an upsurge of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in COVID intensive care units (ICUs),which can be reduced by following proper hand hygiene (HH) practice. Performing HH auditing… read more here.
Keywords: covid intensive; audit; covid; rate ... See more keywords
Six-Month Quality of Life in COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Survivors
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DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.08.036
Abstract: Objective(s) : Since there is increasing evidence of serious deterioration in long-term Quality of Life (QoL) in COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) survivors, we identified predictors of poor quality of life in these patients. Design… read more here.
Keywords: care unit; component; covid intensive; intensive care ... See more keywords
Evaluation of alarm fatigue of nurses working in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Service: A mixed methods study.
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16190
Abstract: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To reveal the existence of alarms in COVID-19 intensive care units, where medical devices with alarm function are frequently used, the effects of alarms on nurses, especially their on-the-job performances and social… read more here.
Keywords: intensive care; care; covid intensive; alarm fatigue ... See more keywords
A Comparative Study on Bacterial Co-Infections and Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Organisms among Patients in COVID and Non-COVID Intensive Care Units
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DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.1.2175
Abstract: Summary Introduction Secondary bacterial infections have been reported in majority of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A study of the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of these bacterial strains revealed that they were multidrug resistant,… read more here.
Keywords: intensive care; bacterial infections; covid; multidrug resistant ... See more keywords
A novel survival algorithm in COVID-19 intensive care patients: the classification and regression tree (CRT) method
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DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v21i3.16
Abstract: Background/aim: The present study aimed to create a decision tree for the identification of clinical, laboratory and radio- logical data of individuals with COVID-19 diagnosis or suspicion of Covid-19 in the Intensive Care Units of… read more here.
Keywords: algorithm; covid intensive; tree; intensive care ... See more keywords