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Państwo i Społeczeństwo / State and Society

Published: 2024-12-18

Occurrence of nosocomial infections in the Clinical Department of Vascular Surgery at the Karol Marcinkowski Clinical Hospital in Zielona Góra

Agnieszka Anna Mazur Logo ORCID

Abstract

Introduction: Healthcare Associated Infections pose a threat to the health and life of patients and may result in therapeutic failure. Raising awareness of the issue of HAI may have a positive impact on their control and combating.
Material and methods: This study included 3759 patients from the Clinical Department of Vascular Surgery of the Karol Marcinkowski Clinical Hospital in Zielona Góra between 2014 and 2016. The research used standard tools and hospital definitions from the European Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, as well as medical records.
Results: 108 HAI cases were diagnosed (incidence 2.9%). Surgical Side Infection was the most common and accounted for 72.2% of all infections (2.1%). Urinary tract infections accounted for 9.3% (0.3%), gastrointestinal tract infections 5.5% (0.2%) and pneumonia 4.6% (0.1%). The remaining forms of infections accounted for 8.3% (0.2%). The most common etiological factors causing HAI were Escherichia coli and made up 13.3% of infections, Staphylococcus aureus, which was present in 10.7% of infections and Enterococcus faecalis, found in 10.7% of infections.
Conclusions: The number of infected people in the Clinical Department of Vascular Surgery at the Karol Marcinkowski Clinical Hospital in Zielona Góra decreased. The most common form of infection was SSI, and the most common etiological factor causing infection was Escherichia coli. Age and gender influenced the occurrence of infections. The decrease in the number of infections between 2014 and 2016 in this hospital was related to infection prevention.

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Mazur, Agnieszka Anna. “Occurrence of Nosocomial Infections in the Clinical Department of Vascular Surgery at the Karol Marcinkowski Clinical Hospital in Zielona Góra”. Państwo I Społeczeństwo State and Society, vol. 24, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 67-78, doi:10.48269/2451-0858-pis-2024-2-005.

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024)
Published: 2024-12-18


eISSN: 2451-0858
Ikona DOI 10.31749/2451-0858-SaS

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AFM Publishing House of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

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