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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Decline in Nosocomial Infections:
At AIIMS, infections claiming fewer lives
NEW DELHI: A recent report by AIIMS Trauma Centre shows that there has been a fall in the number of fatalities due to infection contracted in the hospital. Nevertheless, 43 patients died in September due to infection contracted in the hospital. Twenty-eight of them were admitted in neurosurgery department while 15 were admitted in the general surgery unit. The most common cause of death was ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chief of the centre Dr M C Misra said that those who died were critically ill patients.
Read more:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-14/delhi/30397104_1_hospital-infections-mortality-rate-icu
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 12:08 AM

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