Prevalence Rate of Nosocomial Infecticn in 926 Patients and Analysis of Antibiotics Usage / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To know the real condition of the prevalence of nosocomial infection(NI) in our hospital,in order to enhance the consciousness of nosocomial infection control in whole staff,so that this work will be done well.METHODS We got the data through bed-side examination and medical records and made a statistic analysis.RESULTS Among 926 investigated patients,59 patients(6.37%) had 60 cases(6.48%) NI.Departments with high risk were for hematology,neurosurgery,and Chinese-Western combination surgery.The common NI sites were the lower respiratory tract,urinary tract and surgical sites;Pseudomonas aeruginosa was a main pathogen for the lower respiratory tract.The antibiotic use rate was 40.39%.The high risk factors were patients with unconsciousness,undergoing tracheotomy or urethral catheterization and so on.The postoperative use appeared to be higher than usual.The antibiotics used included 42 kinds.CONCLUSIONS It is recommended that specific surveillance be conducted in Departments with high risk for nosocomial infection,the wide-spectrum antibiotics should be stressed in order to reduce drug resistance and nosocomial infection.