[Incidence of nosocomial infections at the Recovery Clinic of Iaşi Hospital, in 2004-2005]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2007 Jan-Mar;111(1):255-7.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Objectives: The nosocomial infections remain a major public health problem. The descriptive study has been performed on a sample of 37541 patients hospitalized in the sanitary during 2004-2005. The aim of the study was to evaluate the declared and real incidence of nosocomial infections, to evaluate the risk factors and the etiological agents involved in their occurrence.

Methods: The tracking of nosocomial infections (IN) was of an active nature. We have used the definition of clinical cases according to Ord. 994/2004; and have also taken into consideration the CDC criteria's of identifying these infections.

Results: The results show a low incidence of the IN (0.08%), under the values declared in the literature; among these, the urinary tract infections are on first place (48.38%), followed by the superficial surgical-site infections (29.03%), respiratory tract infections (11.13%) and skin infections (6.45%). The pathogen agents involved were Proteus spp. alone or in combination with Klebsiella spp., in the urinary tract infections; in the superficial surgical-site infections we found Staphylococcus and Proteus (33.34%).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Hospitals, University / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Proteus Infections / epidemiology
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Rehabilitation Centers / statistics & numerical data*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Romania / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology