Hospital Infections among 246 Elderly Patients:Analysis and Countermeasures
- VernacularTitle:246例老年患者医院感染分析及对策
- Author:
Zhaoyan DAI
;
Xueying YANG
;
Hua CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elderly patient;
Hospital infection;
Countermeasure
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2009;0(22):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
90 years old patients was 13.04%.The longer the hospitalization time the incidence among inpatients longer than 60d was 43.51%,the higher was the hospital infection rate.CONCLUSIONS There are many risk factors inducing hospital infections among elderly,there fore the monitoring must be strengthened,and the disinfection isolation and asepsis must be strictly conducted,with limited invasive manipulations,reasonable use of antibiotics,and active treatment of the primary affection,all above can effectively reduce the occurrence of hospital infection among ellerly patients.
