Nosocomial infections in intensive care and medical rehabilitation units, and evaluation of antibiotics prescription

Al-Shenqiti, Abdullah M.; Bahashwan, Saleh; Ghanem, Subhi Al; Manzoor, Nauman F.; Shafey, Hatem M. El

doi:10.5897/ajmr2017.8487

Cited by 6 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…These infections can be prevented to a large extent by instituting careful surveillance of bacterial infections, improving hand hygiene, limiting antibiotics overuse and unnecessary invasive procedures. 9 Defining a priori risk factors for HAI can help identify high-risk patients for HAI who need stricter preventive measures and active surveillance of symptoms development. We identified that indwelling urinary catheter, prior surgery and prolonged length of stay were all associated with an increased risk for HAI during the hospitalization at the RW.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factores de riesgo de Infección Nosocomial en una Unidad de Rehabilitación

Tavares¹,

Pimenta²,

Ramos³

et al. 2022

Gal. Clin.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: Ascertain healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevalence and identify risk factors associated with a higher incidence of infection in a Rehabilitation Ward. Materials and Methods: Two-year retrospective cohort study conducted in a post-acute Rehabilitation Ward of a tertiary-care, public, university-affiliated hospital. Demographic and clinical data were collected from electronic medical record. The assessment of risk factors was done by comparison of patients with or without HAI. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors. Results: There were 262 admissions to the Rehabilitation Ward during the study period. One-hundred thirty-one HAIs were detected in 95 (36.3%) of the 262 patients. The most common infections were urinary tract infections (87.8% of all infections). An age-sex adjusted multivariate logistic regression model showed that urinary catheter, surgery in the last 30 days and length of stay ≥ 30 days were independent risk factors for HAI. Length of stay was associated with an increased odd of developing HAI (median length of 28 days for those without HAI, 35 days for those with only one HAI and 55 days for patients having ≥ 2 HAI). Only one patient died of infection. Conclusions: HAI is a frequent complication in a post-acute Rehabilitation Ward. The logistic regression model identified patients with urinary catheter, surgery in the last 30 days and length of stay ≥ 30 days as having an higher risk for HAI, thereby being the main targets of surveillance and adoption of preventive measures.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factores de riesgo de Infección Nosocomial en una Unidad de Rehabilitación

Tavares¹,

Pimenta²,

Ramos³

et al. 2022

Gal. Clin.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Airborne microorganisms are also one of the important factors that cause nosocomial infections in hospitals. Nosocomial infection is considered to be the main obstacle to hospitalization and complications in adults and children, and about 10% of patients will be affected by nosocomial infection [ 11 ]. Nosocomial pathogenic fungi such as Candida and Aspergillus fumigatus can cause pneumonia.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nosocomial pathogenic fungi such as Candida and Aspergillus fumigatus can cause pneumonia. Pneumonia infection is uncommon in immunocompetent patients but can cause death in organ transplant recipients or immunocompromised patients [ 11 , 12 ]. Other pathogens in hospitals such as Escherichia coli , Staphylococcus aureus , respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, etc.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of Microfluidic Chips in the Detection of Airborne Microorganisms

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The spread of microorganisms in the air, especially pathogenic microorganisms, seriously affects people’s normal life. Therefore, the analysis and detection of airborne microorganisms is of great importance in environmental detection, disease prevention and biosafety. As an emerging technology with the advantages of integration, miniaturization and high efficiency, microfluidic chips are widely used in the detection of microorganisms in the environment, bringing development vitality to the detection of airborne microorganisms, and they have become a research highlight in the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Microfluidic chips can be used for the detection and analysis of bacteria, viruses and fungi in the air, mainly for the detection of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, H1N1 virus, SARS-CoV-2 virus, Aspergillus niger, etc. The high sensitivity has great potential in practical detection. Here, we summarize the advances in the collection and detection of airborne microorganisms by microfluidic chips. The challenges and trends for the detection of airborne microorganisms by microfluidic chips was also discussed. These will support the role of microfluidic chips in the prevention and control of air pollution and major outbreaks.

show abstract

“…Nosocomial infections (NI) tend to appear in patients hospitalized in public hospitals, and are not the reason the patient was admitted in the first place [1]. NI may appear during the patients stay in the hospital, or even after the patient have been released from the hospital [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…NI may appear during the patients stay in the hospital, or even after the patient have been released from the hospital [2]. Other classifications that define NI are: infections occurring 48 h after the beginning of hospitalization, 3 days after patients release or 1 month after surgery [1].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Retrospective Study of Nosocomial Infections in the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic of the Medical University of Lublin in the Years 2018–2020

Tomczyk-Warunek

Blicharski

et al. 2021

JCM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nosocomial infections appear in patients treated in hospital, which are not the initial cause of admission. A retrospective study concerning nosocomial infections was conducted to provide data about the amount, frequency and types of nosocomial infections in the rehabilitation ward in the Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Clinic of Lublin. The study was conducted on a group of 49 patients that were admitted or transferred to the ward over a period of 20 months in the years 2018–2020. The patients and therefore the infections were divided by age, sex, time of hospitalization and the underlying disease. The study also provided data about the most frequent infection types in these patients, as well as the most commonly used drugs to treat those infections. The results showed that in fact all of the examined factors have an impact on the frequency of nosocomial infections appearance rates. Furthermore, results in the study showed that factors examined by the study also have an impact on what type of infection was present in these groups of patients.

show abstract

Nosocomial infections in intensive care and medical rehabilitation units, and evaluation of antibiotics prescription

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Factores de riesgo de Infección Nosocomial en una Unidad de Rehabilitación

Factores de riesgo de Infección Nosocomial en una Unidad de Rehabilitación

Application of Microfluidic Chips in the Detection of Airborne Microorganisms

Retrospective Study of Nosocomial Infections in the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic of the Medical University of Lublin in the Years 2018–2020

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About