Bacterial colonization due to increased nurse workload in an intensive care unit

Aycan, Ilker; ÇELEN, MUSTAFA; Yilmaz, Ayhan; Almaz, Mehmet; Dal, Tuba; Celik, Yusuf; Bolat, Esef

doi:10.1016/j.bjan.2014.05.004

Bacterial colonization due to increased nurse workload in an intensive care unit

Aycan I. O., ÇELEN M. K., Yilmaz A., Almaz M. S., Dal T., Celik Y., ...More

REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA, vol.65, no.3, pp.180-185, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 65 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.bjan.2014.05.004
Journal Name: REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.180-185
Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: the rates of multiresistant bacteria colonization or infection (MRB+) development in intensive care units are very high. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association between the risk of development of nosocomial infections and increased daily nurse workload due to understaffing in intensive care unit.