Incidence of infection associated with health care in the Adult Intensive Care Unit from Moron Hospital. 2012
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The healthcare-related infections are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units. A descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study involving 84 patients in the Intensive Care Unit of Moron, for three months was carried out. General variables, such as the presence of extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors, infection diagnostics related to causal germs and health care were collected. The main risk factors were the use of antibiotics and invasive devices. At least one infection during hospitalization was diagnosed in 20.1% of the sample. The most common sites were respiratory, prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, 26.3%, primary and catheter- related bacteremia (21.0%/10.5%). The incidence density of ventilator-associated pneumonia was a 14.49 % of risk factor days. The most common isolated microorganisms were the groups of Staphylococcus spp., Acinetobacter spp. and Klebsiellas spp. The average stay of patients with this condition was 10.37 days 4.12 in other patients (p <0.001). The rates and incidence density of health care related infections are high and cause an increase of stay and mortality.Downloads
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