ArticleInfection2011
Point prevalence and risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in primary healthcare wards.
Article in Infection, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Point prevalence survey is useful for introducing effective surveillance of healthcare-associated infections.Infection prevention in practice · 2021Article
- Healthcare-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals in European Union/European Economic Area countries: an analysis of data from a point prevalence survey, 2011 to 2012.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018Article
- Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis Strains Isolated From Male Patients With Complicated Urinary Tract Infection.Korean journal of urology · 2013Article
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- Antimicrobial prescribing in nursing homes in Finland: results of three point prevalence surveys.Infection · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to document the point prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the public primary healthcare wards, which treat both acute and long-term care patients. We also assessed the risk factors for HAI and the consumption of alcoholic hand rubs and antibiotics.
methodsA cross-sectional study was performed in northern Finland in 2006 including all healthcare centers in the Oulu University Hospital district.
resultsThere were 1,190 patients eligible for study in 44 public primary healthcare wards. The point prevalence of HAIs was 10.1%. The most common infections were urinary tract infections (30%), lower respiratory tract infections (27%), and skin and soft tissue infections (20%). The prevalence of HAIs did not depend on whether wards gave acute care, long-term care, or both acute and long-term care. In the multivariate analysis, the main risk factors for HAI were: more than three antibiotic prescriptions during the previous year, fully bedridden, renal disease, venous catheter, age over 80 years, previous hospitalization during the past six months, and implanted foreign material. A prophylactic antibiotic was a protecting factor. Antimicrobial treatment was given for 18% of the study population and another 18% received prophylactic antimicrobials.
conclusionsHAIs are common in Finnish primary healthcare wards and there is a need to improve everyday practices in the wards in order to reduce the number of HAIs. It is also important to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics.
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