Nosocomial Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Two Years / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To perform a retrospective analysis to determine the prevalence of hospital infection and associated risk factors and offer strategies in our neonatal intensive care unit(NICU).METHODS The study enrolled 1082 neonatal patients hospitalized between Jan 1,2006 to Dec 31,2007.RESULTS There were 58 nosocomial infections(NI) in 1082 neonatal patients,and the infection rate was 5.36%.The most common infection was superficial(62.07%).The mortality of NI was 6.90%.The lower gestational age and birth weight,were risk factors of NI.Logistic regression analysis indicated that mechanical ventilation and birth weight ≤1500g were independent risk ractors for NI(P