A Nosocomial Infection Point-Prevalence Survey in Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery:Results and Analysis

OBJECTIVE To assess the one day nosocomial infection(NI) prevalence rates of internal medicine and surgical departments.METHODS By means of prevalence survey and investigation of bed-side and case recorder to study the one-day hospital prevalence.RESULTS Of the 1556 surveyed patients,prevalence rate was 4.43%,case prevalence rate was 5.21%,NI prevalence rate was 4.9% in internal medicine department and 5.6% in surgical department(P0.05).The most prevalent infections found were different between internal medicine department and surgical department(representing 30.7% and 23.1%,respectively);the main pathogens were G bacteria;surgical department had higher percent of antibiotic usage than that of internal medicine department(51.1% vs 42.9%,P0.01),while internal medicine department had higher percent of antibiotic usage for treatment,also had higher rate of bacteria culture.CONCLUSIONS It is necessary to strengthen controlling of surgical-site infections and the management of clinical antibiotic usage in some wards.