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dc.contributor.authorAlrifai, S.B.
dc.contributor.authorAl Saadi, A.
dc.contributor.authorMahmood, Y.A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T09:11:42Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T09:11:42Z
dc.date.issued2010EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/V16/05/16_5_2010_0546_0552.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117914
dc.description546-552EN
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional hospital-based study of 259 children aged < 5 years was carried out in Tikrit, Iraq, to identify the prevalence of nosocomial diarrhoea and sources of contamination in the ward environment. Nosocomial diarrhoea was diagnosed in 84 children [‎32.4%]‎. Children with diarrhoea were more likely than unaffected children to be bottle-fed, given unboiled water, to have unclean food containers and contaminated bed sheets. Three out of 5 brands of formula milk [‎unopened cans]‎ were contaminated. Three-quarters of medical staff and employees had contaminated hands. Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Citrobacter spp. were the most commonly identified microorganisms. A greater emphasis on personal hygiene, improved care practices and promotion of breastfeeding is recommendedEN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectCross InfectionEN
dc.subjectSanitationEN
dc.subjectCross-Sectional StudiesEN
dc.subjectPrevalenceEN
dc.subjectBreast FeedingEN
dc.subject.meshDiarrheaEN
dc.titleNosocomial diarrhoea in relation to sanitation state: a study in Tikrit, IraqEN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16 (‎5)‎, 546-552, 2010


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