ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE To understand the incidence of hospital acquired infection,the risk factors and the distribution of the pathogenic bacteria in elder patients in Cadre Unit and explore the curing measuresMETHODS The clinical data of 784 elder inpatients above 60 years old were retrospectively investigated.RESULTS Among 76 infected inpatients,the rate of infection was 9.7%.The main site of hospital acquired infection weas respiratory tract(47.4%)and urinary tract(21.1%).The main flora was gram-negative bacilli(52.9%)and then gram- positive cocci(30.5%).The risk factors included age,the time of stay in hospital,aggressive procedures,broad- spectrum antibiotic and underlying disease,etc.CONCLUSIONS The elder in-patients were the susceptible population hospital acquired infection.Curing underlying diseases,reducing the risk factors,increasing body immunity are very useful to control hospital acquired infection.