[Incidence of nosocomial infections at the Recovery Clinic of Iaşi Hospital, in 2004-2005].

OBJECTIVES

The nosocomial infections remain a major public health problem. The descriptive study has been performed on a sample of 37541 patients hospitalized in the sanitary during 2004-2005. The aim of the study was to evaluate the declared and real incidence of nosocomial infections, to evaluate the risk factors and the etiological agents involved in their occurrence.

METHODS

The tracking of nosocomial infections (IN) was of an active nature. We have used the definition of clinical cases according to Ord. 994/2004; and have also taken into consideration the CDC criteria's of identifying these infections.

RESULTS

The results show a low incidence of the IN (0.08%), under the values declared in the literature; among these, the urinary tract infections are on first place (48.38%), followed by the superficial surgical-site infections (29.03%), respiratory tract infections (11.13%) and skin infections (6.45%). The pathogen agents involved were Proteus spp. alone or in combination with Klebsiella spp., in the urinary tract infections; in the superficial surgical-site infections we found Staphylococcus and Proteus (33.34%).