Publications by authors named "Nevin Tasyapar"
Purpose: To determine the efficiency of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) both in protection from intubation and in preventing reintubation of postextubation in patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in a multidisciplinary 10-bed tertiary PICU of a university hospital. All patients were admitted to our unit from June 2012 to May 2014 and deemed to be candidates to receive continuous positive airway pressure or bilevel positive airway pressure.
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Multidimensional Hand Hygiene Approach in Turkey and analyse predictors of poor hand hygiene compliance.
Design: An observational, prospective, interventional, before-and-after study was conducted from August 2003 to August 2011 in 12 intensive care units (ICU) of 12 hospitals in 11 cities. The study was divided into a baseline and a follow-up period and included random 30-minute observations for hand hygiene compliance in ICU.
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a threat to patient safety; however, there were no available data on SSI rates stratified by surgical procedure (SP) in Turkey.
Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2011, a cohort prospective surveillance study on SSIs was conducted by the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) in 20 hospitals in 16 Turkish cities. Data from hospitalized patients were registered using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) methods and definitions for SSIs.