@Article{, title={Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection as an indicator of good patient care practices}, author={Mohammed AL-Bayaty محمد البياتي}, journal={Al-Kindy College Medical Journal مجلة كلية الطب الكندي}, volume={6}, number={1}, pages={85-94}, year={2010}, abstract={Background: Nosocomial infections are still a serious problem with prevalence more than 10% in developed countries and it's higher in developing one. International Labor Organization had developed a chick list to overcome this condition.Objective: To find out the prevalence of nosocomial infections in Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital, and its relation to the control technique.Method: A cross- sectional study design was used, for a period from 1st of December 2007 to 30th of February 2009 A sample of 206 case sheets were reviewed, for diagnosis of nosocomial infections, a constructed questionnaire was used to assess the preventive techniques. Result: The prevalence of nosocomial infections was 16.7% and 6.3%, and it's significantly associated with the lack of preventive methods.Conclusion: Scores need to be changed, more control need to be adopted in the hospital.

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