Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection in patients in department of cardiology / 中国感染控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the risk factors for healthcare-associated infection (HAI)in patients in depart-ment of cardiology.Methods Clinical data of inpatients were performed retrospective case-control analysis,patients with HAI were as case group,while without HAI were as control group,factors for HAI between two groups were compared.Results 117 cases of HAI occurred among 2 308 patients,infection rate was 5.07%.The main infection site was respiratory tract (n=71 ,60.68%);a total of 90 pathogenic isolates were isolated,gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria,and fungi accounted for 72.22%(n=65),22.22%(n=20),and 5.56%(n=5)respective-ly.Univariate analysis revealed that 7 variables were risk factors for HAI,multivariate non-conditional logistic re-gression analysis revealed that independent risk factors for HAI were age,cardiac function classification,serum al-bumin level,and invasive operation.Conclusion HAI rate is higher among cardiology inpatients,which is related to many factors.Attention should be paid to the elderly,long term hospitalization,heart failure correcting,treatment for complications,reducing of invasive procedure,and strict sterile manipulation.