[Incidence of nosocomial infections at the Recovery Clinic of Iaşi Hospital, in 2004-2005]

Abstract

Objectives: The nosocomial infections remain a major public health problem. The descriptive study has been performed on a sample of 37541 patients hospitalized in the sanitary during 2004-2005. The aim of the study was to evaluate the declared and real incidence of nosocomial infections, to evaluate the risk factors and the etiological agents involved in their occurrence.

Methods: The tracking of nosocomial infections (IN) was of an active nature. We have used the definition of clinical cases according to Ord. 994/2004; and have also taken into consideration the CDC criteria's of identifying these infections.

Results: The results show a low incidence of the IN (0.08%), under the values declared in the literature; among these, the urinary tract infections are on first place (48.38%), followed by the superficial surgical-site infections (29.03%), respiratory tract infections (11.13%) and skin infections (6.45%). The pathogen agents involved were Proteus spp. alone or in combination with Klebsiella spp., in the urinary tract infections; in the superficial surgical-site infections we found Staphylococcus and Proteus (33.34%).