Outbreaks of health-care-associated infections in the province of Vojvodina

Author:

Cosic Gorana1,Stefanovic Slavica2

Affiliation:

1. Institut za zaštitu zdravlja, Sektor za epidemiologiju, Novi Sad

2. Institut za zaštitu zdravlja, Centar za kontrolu i prevenciju bolesti, Novi Sad

Abstract

Introduction. The goal is to investigate epidemiological characteristics of outbreaks of health-care-associated infections in health care institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes and ambulatory care settings. Material and methods. Relevant data associated with outbreaks in health-care settings in the period from 1980 to 2004 were retrospectively collected from epidemiological annual reports of infectious diseases in Vojvodina. Descriptive statistics were applied to the data. Results. The mean number of outbreaks is 7 per year (ranging from 0 to 13 outbreaks) involving 22 cases per outbreak (ranging from 2 to 74 cases). The most frequently involved settings (51%) were nursing homes and most (31%) of the patients were more than 60 years old. This surveillance documented that wards for children less than 12 months of age were the most frequently (57.5%) associated with nosocomial outbreaks in hospitals. The leading diseases were gastrointestinal tract infections with case fatality rale of 1.8%, that is 10-100 fold higher than rales in general population. The leading transmission route in 70% of outbreaks was contact, demonstrating the association between infections and poor general and hand-hygiene policies. Conclusion. The proportion of nosocomial outbreaks in total number of out?breaks is 9%. The most frequent are gastrointestinal outbreaks transmited in long-term-care facilities by contact route, involving elderly patients. Introducing proper environmental and hand hygiene policies in health-care settings with strict imple?mentation of procedures may significantly decrease the number of nosocomial infections and prevent nosocomial outbreaks. .

Publisher

National Library of Serbia

Subject

General Medicine

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