Malnutrition is a marker of bad outcomes. Both Subjective Global Assessment and Nutritional Risk Index nutrition tests are predictive for malnutrition and postoperative complications in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.

These data suggest that, in addition to underlying clinical conditions, some invasive procedures can be independent risk factors for nosocomial infection in ICU.

Compliance with handwashing was low, suggesting the need for new motivational strategies such as supplying feedback regarding compliance rates

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