Design of Hand Held Doppler: A Potential Source of Contami-nation!!

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) describes a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) as ‘an infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other health care facility in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission’ [1]. Current statistics estimate that the financial repercussions of nosocomial infections amounts to around one billion per annum [2]. HAIs cause considerable morbidity and mortality. A prevalence study conducted by WHO demonstrates that infectious complications seen in hospital are predominantly established in intensive care units and acute surgical wards [1].