The impact of healthcare associated infections on mortality and length of stay in Singapore-A time-varying analysis.

Yiying CaiJamie Jay-May LoIndumathi VenkatachalamAndrea L KwaPaul A TambyahLi Yang HsuAdrian BarnettKalisvar MarimuthuNicholas Graves

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

HAIs are associated with increased length of hospital stay and mortality in hospitalized patients. Avoiding nosocomial infections can improve patient outcomes and free valuable bed days.

Keyphrases

healthcare
cardiovascular events
risk factors
emergency department
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
acinetobacter baumannii
staphylococcus aureus
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
acute care
pseudomonas aeruginosa
multidrug resistant
drug resistant
electronic health record
health information