摘要 : The comprehensive point-prevalence study at the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat, Morocco, to assess the existing hospital-acquired infection (HAI) was innovative. Such.studies would be advantageous in other academic and nona... 展开 The comprehensive point-prevalence study at the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat, Morocco, to assess the existing hospital-acquired infection (HAI) was innovative. Such.studies would be advantageous in other academic and nonacademic hospitals. Nevertheless, workups involving clinicians, clinical microbi-ologists, and epidemiologists and scrutiny of clinical and radiologic findings would not be feasible in nonacademic establishments. Chances of HAI surveillance would be low in private sector hospitals in developing countries. Alternatively, a culture-based surveillance for HAI ought to be a valid proxy. That was evident at the Sant Parmanand Hospital, Delhi, India, a private, 140-bed, multispecialty, tertiary care hospital. 收起