Nosocomial Infection in Department of Neurology:A Clinical Analysis / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To analyze the occurring characteristic and curing measures of hospital infection for inpatients in the departments of neurology.METHODS The data of hospital infection for the medical records of 22 936 inpatients with disease in the departments of neurology of 40 hospitals in Anhui from Jan 2005 to Mar 2006 were analyzed.RESULTS Among all inpatients 1 011 were infected.The rate of infection was 4.41%.The infection distribution is described as follows:640 patients were infected in respiratory tract(63.30%);181 patients in urinary tract(17.90%),84 patients in gastrointestinal tract(8.31%);and 16 patients were in cutis tissue(1.58%).CONCLUSIONS Through performing aseptic manipulation strictly,curing underlying diseases,paying attention to aseptic manipulation and making the rational use of antimicrobial agents,the infection rate could be lowered.