DECLARATION OF THE NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS - A NEW APPROACH FROM BACTERIOLOGY

In France, nosocomial infections (NI) must be declared by the physicia ns, but they are not. Using an appropriate methodology (''doubles'' an d early samples are not taken in account), the software created by the authors (BACTERIO working on PC) allows to select the ''suspected'' g erms of nosocomial infection (NI) from bacteriological data. It permit s to provide for each of them a declaration of suspected NI. It indica tes the definitions corresponding to the type of infection (urinary, p ulmonary, septicemic, post-operative wound) and the reasons of the sel ection. In respect of the clinical data, the physicians may inform in case of disagreement. This new procedure should allow to better evalua te the NI in the hospital.