Establishment and Application of Prevalence Baseline for Hospital Infection / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To establish the mechanism for monitoring,standardizing and alarming of relative risk factors to reflect the tendency of hospital infection.METHODS Data of hospital infection during six years were surveyed and analyzed completely.The prevalence baseline of hospital infection was chosen as the value to assess the control rate of hospital infection.The alarm value was set on the baseline.RESULTS The hospital infection revalence baseline and alarm value were used to assess the quality of infection control in whole hospital and each department objectively and accurately.These values could be also used to assess the effect of control of hospital infection among departments.They also could be used to survey the tendency of hospital infection and determine prevalence and outbreak of hospital infection.CONCLUSIONS Prevalence baseline and alarm value for hospital infection are valuable for preventing hospital infection and its outbreak.