Optimizing Resource Utilization in Low-and Middle-Income Country NICUs: A Clinical Audit of Surgical Infection Screening Practices at a High-Volume NICU in Pakistan

Humza Thobani; Rafia Durrani; Muhammad Osama Khan; Javeria Javed; Sulaiman Sajjad; Zahra Iftikhar; Muhammad Aqil Soomro; Saqib Qazi; Faraz Ali Khan; Saleem Islam

doi:10.12669/pjms.42.(11AASC).15734

Optimizing Resource Utilization in Low-and Middle-Income Country NICUs: A Clinical Audit of Surgical Infection Screening Practices at a High-Volume NICU in Pakistan

Humza Thobani
, Rafia Durrani
, Muhammad Osama Khan
, Javeria Javed
, Sulaiman Sajjad
, Zahra Iftikhar
, Muhammad Aqil Soomro
, Saqib Qazi
, Faraz Ali Khan
, Saleem Islam

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-27
Number of pages	7
Journal	Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume	42
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.(11AASC).15734
State	Published - 2026
Externally published	Yes

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General Medicine

Keywords

Blood culture
CRP
NICU
Neonates
Surgical infections

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Thobani, H., Durrani, R., Khan, M. O., Javed, J., Sajjad, S., Iftikhar, Z., Soomro, M. A., Qazi, S., Khan, F. A., & Islam, S. (2026). Optimizing Resource Utilization in Low-and Middle-Income Country NICUs: A Clinical Audit of Surgical Infection Screening Practices at a High-Volume NICU in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 42(11), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.(11AASC).15734

Optimizing Resource Utilization in Low-and Middle-Income Country NICUs: A Clinical Audit of Surgical Infection Screening Practices at a High-Volume NICU in Pakistan. / Thobani, Humza; Durrani, Rafia; Khan, Muhammad Osama et al.
In: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol. 42, No. 11, 2026, p. 21-27.

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Thobani, H, Durrani, R, Khan, MO, Javed, J, Sajjad, S, Iftikhar, Z, Soomro, MA, Qazi, S, Khan, FA & Islam, S 2026, 'Optimizing Resource Utilization in Low-and Middle-Income Country NICUs: A Clinical Audit of Surgical Infection Screening Practices at a High-Volume NICU in Pakistan', Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 21-27. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.42.(11AASC).15734

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