Author:
Azizullah Muhammad,Ahmad Qureshi Ejaz Mahmood,Saleem Rana Muhammad,Hanif Asif,Izhar Faisal,Humayun Asghar Ahmad
Abstract
Infection is one of the leading causes of death in the world especially in low and lower-middle income countries. Objective: To determine the frequency of nosocomial infection in the Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. Methods: Patients (n=270) were included in a study that was conducted in ICU of a tertiary care public sector, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore for a period of 18 months. Patients were divided into two groups (pre and post educational intervention). During this period, information about patient’s nosocomial infection rate, its distribution and patient’s excess length of stay in hospital collected. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. Chi-square Test was applied to find out the significance of nosocomial infection keeping P-value of ≤ 0.05 as significant. Results: Total of 115 (42.6%) were males and 155 (57.4%) were females. Results showed 42 (15.9%) out of 270 participants suffered in Nosocomial Infection/Hospital Acquired Infection during treatment and stay in ICU. Conclusion: It was concluded that educational intervention played a significant role in controlling the nosocomial infection among patients admitted in the ICU.
Publisher
CrossLinks International Publishers
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