Abstract
Background and Objectives: Currently, Nosocomial Infections (NIs) or Health Care Worker Infections (HCWIs) have become one of the important health issues in many countries of the world, including Iran. This study was conducted to determine Prevalence of NIs in Shahada Lordegan Hospital from March 21, 2017 to March 19, 2020. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the files of 45,830 patients who were at risk of NIs (cases that were hospitalized for at least 48 hours) were examined and cases of NIs were diagnosed based on references (definitions of the US Center for Communicable Disease Control and the surveillance system NIs of this type of infections) and the case finding form of NIs and then registered in the hospital infection care system. All stages of data analysis were performed in the hospital infection care system software version 2-2-4. Results: The overall incidence of NIs was equal to 0.6%, the incidence in men was 54.9% and in women 45.1%. The most common type of NIs in this center was surgical site infection (SSI) (0.2%), non-ventilation- associated pneumonia (0.17%) and ventilation-Associated (VAE) event (0.16%), and there are the highest rate of infections a hospital in intensive care. Conclusions NIs are a major problem for patients hospitalized in the ICU in In this center. Furthermore, according to this review and other studies conducted in Iran, It seems that the rate or NIs in is much fewer than Global rate of NIs, and the probably irrational use of antibiotics and as a result hinding these types of infections as well as underreporting are important factors of this problem.
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