Ascending infection: Ascending infections are the most common cause of urinary tract infections. As the female urethra is short and intestinal bacteria tend to colonize the perineum and vulva, women tend more often than men to urinary tract infections.
SGN is a UK gas distribution company which manages the network that distributes natural and green gas to 5.9 million homes and businesses across Scotland and the south of England. As of 2014/15 SGN operates more than 71,000 km of pipes. In the same period SGN spent Â£500 million on upgrading the network.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Tracking Infections in Acute Care Hospitals/Facilities. NHSN is the HAI surveillance gold standard. The system (and its predecessors) started years ago helping a few hundred healthcare facilities; today, more than 17,000 healthcare facilities use NHSN as the cornerstone of their HAI elimination strategies.