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**Preface XI**


Lul Raka, Gjyle Mulliqi-Osmani, Lumturije Begolli, Arsim Kurti, Greta Lila, Rrezarta Bajrami and Arbëresha Jaka-Loxha

Preface

Health Care associated infection (HAI) is an emerging problem worldwide. HAI causes in‐ creased morbidity and mortality and average length of stay of the patient in the hospital. HAI also imposes economic burden on the patient, health care set up and also State and National Health care system. Infection control in health care set up is a team work. It is the

I still remember how much I felt desperate, when I found that Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans were isolated from Endotracheal aspirate of my mother who was admitted

It has been estimated that 5 – 10 % of all hospital admission suffers from HAI even in devel‐ oped countries. But 30% of HAI are preventable, if we follow the infection control practices properly especially hand hygiene while giving patient care. Hence, in this book importance

**Dr. Silpi Basak, M.B.B.S., M.D.**

Sawangi (M) Wardha, India

Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College,

has been given to Infection Control practices along with emerging trends of HAI.

responsibility of all the persons associated with patient care.

in OTICU and was having Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP).
