Intervention Strategy of Risk Factors of Nosocomial Infection in Patients in Emergency Intensive Care Unit
- VernacularTitle:急诊重症监护病房医院感染危险因素与干预措施
- Author:
Jing ZHANG
;
Ning DING
;
Xiaoxiong CHENG
;
Wei TIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Emergency intensive care unit(EICU);
Nosocomial infection;
Risk factors;
Prevention and control
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE The status and risk factors of nosocomial infection(NI) in patients in emergency intensive care units were invrstigated to make the intervention strategy. METHODS The prospective monitoring and retrospective investigation were used analyze the 72 nosocomial infection patients in EICU. RESULTS Incidence rate of NI in patients in EICU was 29.50%. It was significantly higher than average incidence rate of NI of the whole hospital at the same time; ≥60-year-old of rate of NI in patients was 60.52%; The average hospitalization days were 28 days; The lower respiratory tract was the most common infection site. The most common infection microorganism in EICU was Gram-negative bacteria. CONCLUSIONS The incidence rate of EICU is much higher than that in other departments. The invasive procedure, the quality of disinfection and sterilization, and patients immunity status especially in the old. were the risk factors General intervention strategy should be adopted in the control of EICU nosocomial infection to reduce the infection rate and raise the rescue rate.
