Characteristics of Hospital Infection and Bacterial Resistance in Intensive Care Unit / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study characteristics of hospital infection,risk factors and bacterial resistance in our Intensive Care Unit(ICU) to draw up effective interfering measure and supply the scientific basis.METHODS The data of 1115 inpatients in our ICU in 2008 were analysed prospectively and retrospectively.RESULTS The hospital Infection rate was 12.10%,the case-time infection rate 12.47%,the lower respiratory tract infection rate 56.12%,the G-infection rate 57.30%,the G+ infection rate 25.84%,and the fungus infection rate was 16.85%,These pathogens were resistant to antibiotics in various degree.CONCLUSIONS The ICU infection rate is obvious higher than that in all clinical departments.The resistance to most of the antibiotics are increasing which need enhancing bacterial supervi.