Cross-sectional Study of 797 Hospital Patients with Nosocomial Infection

Objective To know the current situation of nosocomial infection(NI) in children hospital,and to provide the reliable evidence for making NI control measures. Methods The method of bedside examination and medical records checking were undertaken to investigate the prevalence rate of NI in the inpatients on June 30,2010. Results Among 797 investigated patients,the prevalence rate of NI was 3.89%.The common NI sites were the upper respiratory tract(64.5%),the lower respiratory tract(16.1%) and the gastrointestinal tract(12.9%).The antibiotic day-use rate was 89.5%,of which 72.4% of the antibiotics were singly used,totally 6 kinds of antibiotics(24 varieties) were included.Cephalosporins were at the first place in use,followed by penicillins.The detection rate of pathogens in the inpatients before administration was 30.3%. Conclusions The results suggest that specific surveillance should be conducted in departments with high risk for nosocomial infection,moreover,the standardized use of antibiotics should be further stressed in order to reduce drug resistance and nosocomial infection.