A Survey on the Prevalence Rate of Hospital Infection and its Influential Factors / 中国慢性病预防与控制

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the basic circumstance of the hospital infection,and to improve the knowledge of medical staff on the management of hospital infection.Methods With bedside observation and examination combined with checking clinical case history,462 inpatients were investigated on current rate of hospital infection and its related factors.Results There were 30 inpatients suffering from hospital infection,the current rate of the hospital infection was 6.49 %;among them,the rate of the lower respiratory tract accounted for 33.00%.The current rates of hospital infection in inpatients with antibiotics(16.56%),or with treatment of urinary catheters(18.52%),or with operation(16.30%),with more than one month hospitalization(19.05%) were significantly higher than those of inpatients without antibiotics(1.00%),without treatment of urinary catheters(5.75%),without operation(4.05%) or with less than one month hospitalization(4.55%)(all P