Health-care-associated (or nosocomial) infection is a major
problemin hospitals worldwide and the prevalence is two to
threefold higher in developing countries compared to Europe
or USA . The incidence is particularly high in intensive
care units (ICUs) compared to non-ICUwards in the hospital
as ICU patients have a range of severe comorbidities and the
use of invasive devices during theirmanagement is very common
. Reports froma range of ICUsettings including those
in developing countries consistently show a high burden of
device-associated nosocomial infections