Hospital Infection among Surgical System Inpatients
- VernacularTitle:外科系统住院患者医院感染调查分析
- Author:
Jiajia HOU
;
Xiaohui RUAN
;
Huilan MA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Surgery system;
Inpatient;
Hospital infection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the hospital infection among surgical system inpatients in order to work out more effective management plans concerning hospital infection.METHODS Totally 5963 surgical patients from Dec 2000 to Nov 2002 were analyzed by means of the retrospective study.RESULTS Among them there were hospital infections in 243 cases.The surgical hospital infection rate was 4.08% and the neurosurgical hospital infection rate was 5.37% which was the highest among all departments.The main part of infection mostly located in lower respiratory tract(21.30%),then were higher respiratory and urinary tracts(9.88%),incision site(10.70%),gastrointestinal tract(9.05%) and the others(6.17%).The infection rate in male patients was higher than in the females.The sex ratio was 2.2∶1.The infection rate was 4.67%.The highest infection rate after admission in hospital and at 31 to 60 days from January to March(4.95%) as well as from October to December(4.58%).The bacteriological rate was 28.40%,lower than the rate of≥50.00% demanded by the Ministry of Health.CONCLUSIONS The hospital infection in surgical patients is closely related to the departments,sex,duration of hospital stay,season and invasive clinical procedures.
