Characteristics of Hospitals Participating in the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System 2006.
- Author:
Sang Won PARK
;
Kyung Mi KIM
;
Bong Hee KIM
;
Eu Suk KIM
;
Jin hwaa KIM
;
Tae Hyong KIM
;
Hyo Youl KIM
;
Hyunjoo PAI
;
Young UH
;
Sang Oh LEE
;
Eun Sun LEE
;
Yoon Suk JANG
;
Yun Jung CHANG
;
Moung Ju HAN
;
Tae Yeal CHOI
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Intensive care unit;
Korean Nosocormial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS);
Nosocomial infection
- MeSH:
Communicable Diseases;
Cross Infection*;
Hospitals, Public;
Humans;
Infection Control;
Intensive Care Units;
Korea;
Nursing;
Seoul
- From:Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control
2006;11(2):105-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS) operating since July 2006 is the first nationwide monitoring system for nosocomial infections in the in the intensive care unit (lCU) with a standard protocol and web-based prompt response network in Korea. This report describes the characteristics of the KONIS hospitals compared with those of all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over. METHODS: A survey was conducted for the 44 hospitals participating in KONIS 2006, and the data were rechecked by the KONIS hospitals through KONIS web-network. The survey form included questions about the size of the hospital, infection control personnel, nursing personnel, and the status of microbiologic laboratory. RESULTS: Compared to all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over, the KONIS hospitals were larger in term of average number of beds (857 vs 654); the number of hospitals with 700 beds and over was over-represented in Seoul (P=0.01) and under-represented in the central/south area (P<0.001) The majority of the KONIS hospitals were major teaching university-affiliated (88,6%) and private (72.7%), but in the central/south area, public hospitals comprised up to 60%. The number of infection control professionals (ICP) averaged 1.6, hospital beds per ICP 531, and infectious disease physicians 1.3. Medical and medical combined ICUs were the major component (67,1%) of the KONIS ICUs, The lCU bed per nurse was 0.63. CONCLUSION: The KONIS 2006 hospitals were over-represented in the overall indicators in Seoul. Because no objective indicators were available regarding the patient quality, KONIS data must be interpreted in consideration of all indicators.
