Nosocomial Infections in ICU: Current Status and Intervention Strategy / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE The status and risk factors of nosocomial infections in intensive care unit(ICU) were investigated to make the intervention strategy. METHODS Use prospective monitoring and retrospective investigation to analyze the 198 nosocomial infections patients. RESULTS The lower respiratory tract infection was the main infection in ICU,about 69.4%.The risk factors were old ages,long hospitalization time,the use of many antibiotics,severe underlying illness,invasive operation manipulation and so on. CONCLUSIONS General intervention strategy should be adopt in the control of ICU nosocomial infections to low the infection rate and raise the rate of rescue.