[The role of epidemiological diagnostics in the system of prophylactics of infections in performing surgical intervention].

The paper is devoted to investigation of possibilities of infection prophylactics in performing surgical intervention. The necessity of organization of the system of epidemiological observations of the outcomes of surgical interventions in treatment-and-prophylactic institution was demonstrated. The results of epidemiological observations and microbiological monitoring performed at the hospitals of St.

Use of an alcohol-based hand rub and quality improvement interventions to improve hand hygiene in a Russian neonatal intensive care unit.

Background: Hand hygiene (HH) is critical to infection control, but compliance is low. Alcohol-based antiseptics may improve HH. HH practices in Russia are not well described, and facilities are often inadequate.