Epidemic features of notifiable infectious diseases among children in a tertiary general hospital, 2013-2017 / 中国感染控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the occurrence regularity and epidemic features of notifiable infectious diseases (NIDs) among children in a tertiary general hospital, provide scientific basis for the triage and referral of infectious diseases, as well as formulation of prevention and control measures of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) among children in a general hospital.Methods Descriptive epidemiological method was used to analyze the epidemiological data of reported NIDs in children in the hospital from 2013 to 2017.Results From 2013 to 2017, 1 170 children with infectious diseases were reported, the average annual reporting rate was 5.81‰, 670 cases (57.26％) were males and 500 (42.74％) were females.The population distribution was mainly students (n=503, 42.99％) and scatter lived children (n=433, 37.01％).The reported cases were mainly concentrated in the second quarter of each year, the top three diseases were chickenpox (n=423, 36.15％), hand-foot-mouth disease (n=332, 28.38％), and mumps (n=199, 17.01％).Conclusion Infectious disease in children is an important link in the prevention and control of infection in tertiary general hospitals, the report of infectious diseases of hand-foot-mouth disease, chickenpox and mumps, as well as implementation of prevention and control measures of HAI should be strengthened.