ADHERENCE TO INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES IN RELATION TO NEONATAL CARE IN MAJOR HOSPITALS IN A DISTRICT OF SRI LANKA

Introduction: Adherence to infection control practices are crucial for neonatal care.Objectives: To describe the adherence to clean birth and postnatal care practices by healthcare workers in selected procedures in major hospitals in a district of Laundry Centre Sri Lanka Methods: This was a qualitative observational study.The study sample comprise

Abstract Background Leech therapy in plastic/reconstructive microsurgery significantly improves a successful outcome of flap salvage but the drawback is a risk of severe infection that results in a drop of the salvage rates from 70-80% to below 30%.We report the results of a national survey conducted in all the French university hospitals to assess