1. Background Endoscopes, including Bronchoscopes, are the medical devices most frequently associated with outbreaks of nosocomial infections

2. Invasive candidiasis accounts for up to 15 to 30% of all nosocomial infections in critically ill patients.

3. Most common cause of Bloodstream infection that can develop while you are in a hospital (also called “nosocomial” infection or hospital acquired infection)

4. Abstract In urology, catheter-associated urinary tract infections are the most common, and postoperative wound infections the second most common nosocomial infections.

5. And given the extraordinary amount of nosocomial infections, or hospital- acquired infections, this is a clue that it's a good time to reconsider our current practices.

6. And given the extraordinary amount of nosocomial infections, or hospital-acquired infections, this is a clue that it's a good time to reconsider our current practices.

7. The most frequent use of aminoglycosides is empiric therapy for serious infections such as septicemia, complicated intra-abdominal infections, complicated urinary tract infections, and nosocomial respiratory tract infections.

8. Serratia infection is responsible for about 2% of nosocomial infections of the bloodstream, lower respiratory tract, urinary tract, surgical wounds, and skin and soft tissues in adult patients.

9. Worldwide; uncommon; hospital air and airducts associated with nosocomial outbreaks; high aflatoxin and other mycotoxins produced by A. flavus correlated to heptocellular cancer in Africa and Southeast Asia HOST RANGE:

10. Additionally, RFBs pose a risk of nosocomial infection transmission between patients with the identification of human proteins, deoxyribonu-cleic acid (DNA) and pathogenic organisms on fully reprocessed Bronchoscopes despite full adherence to the guidelines