Bacterial contamination of neonatal intensive care units: How safe are the neonates?

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[2] Carvalho EA(2001)Nosocomial infection rates in US children’s hospitals’ neonatal and pediatric intensive care units Am J Infect Control 29 152-157

[3] Pedrosa TM(2012)Use and misuse of antibiotics in the neonatal intensive care unit J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 25 35-37

[4] Pedroso ER(2008)Risk factors for nosocomial infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit Braz J Infect Dis 12 75-79

[5] Neto MC(2005)Neonatal and infant mortality in the ten years (1993–2003) of the Gadchirocoli field trail: effect of home based neonatal care J Perinatol 25 92-107

[6] Biscione FM(2006)How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review BMC Infect Dis 6 130-114

[7] Stover BH(2001)Risk factors for nosocomial infections in critically ill newborns: a 5-year prospective cohort study Am J Infect Control 29 109-13

[8] Shulman ST(2008)Limiting the attributable mortality of nosocomial infection and multidrug resistance in intensive care units Clin Microbiol Infect 14 5-2329

[9] Bratcher DF(2009)International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units JAMA 302 2323-51

[10] Brady MT(2017)Bacterial contamination of intensive care units at a tertiary hospital in Bauchi, North eastern Nigeria AJIM 5 46-281

[1] Couto RC(2007)A 10-year prospective surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units Am J Infect Control 35 183-189

[2] Carvalho EA(2001)Nosocomial infection rates in US children’s hospitals’ neonatal and pediatric intensive care units Am J Infect Control 29 152-157

[3] Pedrosa TM(2012)Use and misuse of antibiotics in the neonatal intensive care unit J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 25 35-37

[4] Pedroso ER(2008)Risk factors for nosocomial infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit Braz J Infect Dis 12 75-79

[5] Neto MC(2005)Neonatal and infant mortality in the ten years (1993–2003) of the Gadchirocoli field trail: effect of home based neonatal care J Perinatol 25 92-107

[6] Biscione FM(2006)How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review BMC Infect Dis 6 130-114

[7] Stover BH(2001)Risk factors for nosocomial infections in critically ill newborns: a 5-year prospective cohort study Am J Infect Control 29 109-13

[8] Shulman ST(2008)Limiting the attributable mortality of nosocomial infection and multidrug resistance in intensive care units Clin Microbiol Infect 14 5-2329

[9] Bratcher DF(2009)International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units JAMA 302 2323-51

[10] Brady MT(2017)Bacterial contamination of intensive care units at a tertiary hospital in Bauchi, North eastern Nigeria AJIM 5 46-281