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cord-017518-u2gsa4lg	Divatia, J. V.	Nosocomial Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Cancer Patients	2019-07-09		.txt	text/plain	8766	421	33	These infection rates can be significantly reduced by the implementing and improving compliance with the "care bundles." This chapter will address the common nosocomial infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), and surgical site infections (SSI), including preventive strategies and care bundles for the same. (a) Patient factors such as extremes of age, immunosuppression due to malignancy, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), patients requiring emergency admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), duration of stay more than 7 days, chronic illness like renal failure, diabetes mellitus, chronic liver disease, presence of indwelling catheters, ventilation, total parenteral nutrition, trauma, abdominal surgeries, and impaired functional status [44, 45] (b) Organizational factors such as the poor environmental hygiene inside the hospital or ICU, lack of efficient infection control measures, inadequate manpower such as an inadequate nurse to patient ratio or inadequate waste management staff, and inadequate equipment for patient use (c) Iatrogenic factors such as ignorance regarding infection control practices, lack of training in infection control, etc.	./cache/cord-017518-u2gsa4lg.txt	./txt/cord-017518-u2gsa4lg.txt