INCIDENCE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN AN INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT - A ONE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE-STUDY AMONG 248 PATIENTS

Authors
HAOND C GUERRAZ FT ALLAOUCHICHE B BUIXUAN B DUPERRET S REVERDY ME VEDRINNE JM SEPETJAN M MOTIN J
Citation
C. Haond et al., INCIDENCE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN AN INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT - A ONE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE-STUDY AMONG 248 PATIENTS, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 26(12), 1996, pp. 1150-1154
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
26
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1150 - 1154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1996)26:12<1150:IONIIA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report the results of a prospective study of incidence of nosocomia l infection among 248 patients admitted in an intensive care unit in L yon Edouard Herriot Hospital, during 1 year : 37,1 nosocomial infectio ns /1 000 days/patient, 16,5 urinary tract infections/1 000 days/indwe lling urinary catheter, 17,9 respiratory tract infections/1 000 days/ artificial ventilation, 4,2 septicemias/1 000 days/patient and 4,3 int ra-vascular cannula colonization/1 000 days/ catheter.