Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections After Surgery in Greek Hospitals: Results of Two Nationwide Surveys
| العنوان: | Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections After Surgery in Greek Hospitals: Results of Two Nationwide Surveys |
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| المؤلفون: | Hariton Kolibiris, George Haliotis, Efstratios Maltezos, Symeon Metalidis, Yiannis Tselentis, Maria Roumbelaki, Stamatina Levidiotou, Eleftherios Anevlavis, Achilleas Gikas, John Pediaditis, Pavlos Nikolaidis, John Kioumis, Sofia Kartali |
| المصدر: | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 25:319-324 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2004. |
| سنة النشر: | 2004 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Prophylactic antibiotic therapy, Venous catheterization, Epidemiology, medicine.drug_class, media_common.quotation_subject, Antibiotics, Greece/epidemiology, Surgical Wound Infection/*epidemiology/prevention & control, Risk Factors, Hygiene, Prevalence, medicine, Surgical Wound Infection, Humans, Cross Infection/*epidemiology, Antibiotic use, media_common, Cross Infection, Greece, business.industry, Data Collection, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Length of Stay, Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Female, business, Developed country, Surgical patients |
| الوصف: | Objective:To determine the frequency and type of nosocomial infections (NIs) (especially surgical-site infections [SSIs]), risk factors, and the type and duration of antibiotic use among surgical patients in Greek hospitals.Design:Two point-prevalence studies.Setting:Fourteen Greek hospitals.Patients:Those in the hospitals during two prevalence surveys undergoing surgery during their stay.Results:In the 1999 survey, 129 of 1,037 surgical patients had developed 148 NIs (14.3%). A total of 1,093 operations were registered, and 49 SSIs (4.5%) were found. In the 2000 survey, 82 of 868 surgical patients had developed 88 NIs (10.1%). A total of 902 operations were registered, and 38 SSIs were detected (4.2%). The median length of stay (LOS) for surgical patients without SSI was 10.0 days (range, 1-19 days); for patients who developed SSI it was 30 days (range, 1-52 days; P < .001). The median LOS prior to surgery for patients without SSI was 1 day (range, 0-4 days); for patients who developed SSI it was 3 days (range, 0-7.5 days; P < .001). Among 30 possible risk factors studied, wound class, LOS prior to surgery, and central venous catheterization were independent predictors of SSI. Median durations of prophylactic antibiotic therapy were 4 days (range, 1-14 days) and 6 days (range, 1-16 days) in the 1999 and 2000 surveys, respectively.Conclusion:Surgical patients in Greek hospitals suffered higher rates of SSI than did surgical patients in other developed countries while prophylactic antibiotics were used excessively. |
| تدمد: | 1559-6834 0899-823X 0195-9417 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d301ef89252b513ab2b78ecb61a58f74Test https://doi.org/10.1086/502399Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d301ef89252b513ab2b78ecb61a58f74 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15596834 0899823X 01959417 |
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