Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection in TUTH

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dc.contributor.author	Lamichanne DR
dc.contributor.author	Shrestha, P
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-27T07:12:43Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-08T10:10:11Z	-
dc.date.available	2016-10-27T07:12:43Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-08T10:10:11Z	-
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.uri	http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/20.500.14356/69	-
dc.description.abstract	Background: Nosocomial infection is the infection acquired by patient, patient party or hospital staff from hospital. Generally infection occurring after 48 hours of hospital stay is said to be hospital acquired. Methods: A cross-section observational study was done. In this study, ten different wards of Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital were observed. Total of 171 patients were observed. Results : Out of 171 patients, 4 were found to have Nosocomial infection. The point prevalence of such infections in the hospital was calculated to be 2.35%. Conclusions: The commonest form of Nosocomial infection was infection of surgical wound. Keywords: Nosocomial infection; point prevalence; prevalence; surgical wound.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Nosocomial infection	en_US
dc.subject	point prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	surgical wound	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection in TUTH	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Communicable/Infectious diseases	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US
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