Correlative Factors of Hospital Infection among Children with Infectious Diseases in a General Hospital / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the distribution of infectious diseases and diagnostic and therapeutic conditions in pediatric department of a general hospital,and try to find out the measures to decrease hospital infection.METHODS From Jan 2004 to Dec 2005,507 cases of infectious diseases were retrospectively analyzed in pediatric department of our hospital.RESULTS Among them epidemic parotitis,infectious diarrhea and bacillary dysentery were 56.2%,20.1%,and 17.4%,respectively.Others were measles,scarlet fever,rebella,viral hepatitis,epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis,typhoid,and syphilis.Among the cases,the most were outpatients.CONCLUSIONS Because the species of infectious diseases are various and the amount are large,the pediatric department is important in a general hospital for management of hospital infection.Strengthening the standardized management of pediatric infectious diseases and taking strong measures may play the important role in control the cross infection.