_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: razemf@mail.com, razemf@ppu.edu; Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 23(4): 1-7, 2017; Article no.JAMMR.35383 ISSN: 2456-8899 (Past name: British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-0614, NLM ID: 101570965) Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections in Hebron- Palestine Hospitals Muna Salah 1 , Rawan Zgheir 1 , Razan Qadi 1 , Haya Fakhory 1 , Hiba Al-Aloul 1 , Shorouq Sultan 1 , Manar Jubeh 1 , Orjowan Juneidi 1 , Haniya Jubeh 1 , Nour Sharawi 1 , Yara Taha 1 , Ghaida' Qasrawi 1 , Bayan Abu-Hamdieh 1 , Tarteel Maswadeh 1 , Hana Mohtaseb 1 and Fawzi Al-Razem 1* 1 Applied Biology Program, College of Applied Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University, P.O. Box 198, Hebron, Palestine. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors MS and FAR designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol, managed the literature searches, supervised the experimental work, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All other authors carried out the experimental work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35383 Editor(s): (1) Claudio Sergio Batista, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (2) Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. (3) Salomone Di Saverio, Emergency Surgery Unit, Department of General and Transplant Surgery, S. Orsola Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Reviewers: (1) Muhammad Ali, Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, Nigeria. (2) Nwadike Victor Ugochukwu, Babcock University, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/20461 Received 11 th July 2017 Accepted 4 th August 2017 Published 10 th August 2017 ABSTRACT Background: Nosocomial infections, especially urinary tract infections, form a serious problem in hospitals, and are associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and prolonged hospital stay. In addition, the most infection rates occur at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Aims: To investigate the prevalence of urinary tract infections in different clinical departments and to screen for the main pathogens that colonize and cause infection in infants in the NICU in order to provide a scientific basis for effective prevention and control systems for nosocomial infections. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in three hospitals in Hebron. 81 urine samples were collected from the different clinical departments at the hospitals, and 79 swab samples from the throat, umbilical cord, nose, and eye were collected from neonates who were admitted to the Original Research Article