Superbugs take a beating
05 May 2016 - 02:00
Ward-acquired infections at a private academic hospital in Johannesburg dropped significantly after a new system for infection prevention and control was established, a study has found.Pneumonia associated with ventilators in the intensive care unit at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, in Parktown, have decreased by 42% and central-line-associated bloodstream infections in the unit were eliminated over three years.
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