Merve Turkmen is currently working in Sanko University, Turkey. She cmpleted her Doctorate from Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine from 2014-2020. Her publications are Türkmen M, Demirtürk N, Evaluation of hospital-acquired pneumonia cases followed in Afyon Kocatepe University Medical Faculty Hospital in the last five years, 2019. Türkmen M, Erben N, Alpat SN, Özgüneş İ, “Evaluation of invasive device- associated nosocomial infection rates in intensive care units”, PU18-04, XVII. Turkish Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Congress. 25- 29 Mach 2015, Antalya.