Prevalence Rate of Nosocomial Infection in a Hospital
- VernacularTitle:医院感染现患率调查分析
- Author:
Lin WANG
;
Xi CHENG
;
Hong-Wei YANG
;
Wen-Qian WANG
;
Lin LV
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nosocomial infection;
Prevalence rate;
MDR
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2009;0(23):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the point prevalence of nosocomial infection(NI) and discover the problems in the management of NI in a hospital.METHODS A team of surveyors were trained to inquire history of illness,do physical examination for inpatients and collect some necessary data from medical records on a single day.Questionnaires about NI cases were filled out and analyzed.RESULTS From 1500 patients,1493(99.53%) patients were investigated,the point prevalence and case prevalence of NI were 5.69% and 6.03%;the highest prevalence appeared in internal medicine at 8.54%;lower respiratory tract infections accounted for 38.89%;the detection rate of multi-drug resistant(MDR) bacteria was 49.23%;antimicrobial utilization rate was 48.69%.CONCLUSIONS The prevalence survey is a rapid and efficient method,which could offer evidence of target surveillance of NI.
