Publications by authors named "Sribenja Waitayapiches"
Objective: To study the quality of nosocomial infection control with respect to structure and process.
Material And Method: Data collection by questionnaire and interview administrators and medical personnel in 57 hospitals in Thailand in 2002.
Results: Nosocomial infection control was implemented in all 57 hospitals.
Objectives: To study the problems in implementation of nosocomial infection (NI) control in Thailand and strategies to overcome the obstacles.
Material And Method: Interviewing administrators, chair-persons of infection control committee and doctors.
Results: During June 2002 and August 2003, 255 persons were interviewed by infection control nurses using a set of questionnaires.
Incidence of urinary tract infections in patients with short-term indwelling urethral catheters: a comparison between a 3-day urinary drainage bag change and no change regimens.
Am J Infect Control
February 2003
Background: The current practice of caring for hospitalized patients with indwelling urethral catheters in Siriraj Hospital is to change the drainage bag every 3 days. In an extensive medical literature search, no evidence was noted to support this practice.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTI) in hospitalized patients with indwelling catheters who receive a drainage bag change every 3 days with the incidence of UTI in patients who receive no bag change.