• 1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Nursing Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Infection Control, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
SONG Jinping, Email: jinpings210@163.com
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Objective To investigate the incidence and trendency of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in a pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital, identify the main objectives of infection control, and formulate corresponding preventive and control measures.Methods A prospective targeted monitoring method was adopted to investigate HAIs in the pediatric ICU of a hospital from January 2013 to December 2018.Results From January 2013 to December 2018, the number of target ICU patients was 11 898, the number of patient-days was 55 159; 226 HAIs occurred, the HAI case rate was 1.90%, the incidence of HAI per 1 000 patient-days was 4.10‰, and the adjusted incidence of HAI per 1 000 patient-days was 1.21‰. The main infection site was respiratory tract [83 cases (36.7%)], with ventilator-associated pneumonia in 73 cases (32.3%); secondly, 69 patients (30.5%) had bloodstream infection, among which 48 (21.2%) had non-catheter-related bloodstream infection.Conclusion Hospital targeted monitoring is helpful to grasp the situation and trend of HAIs, define the main target of infection control, and formulate corresponding preventive and control measures, which can effectively reduce the incidence of HAIs.

Citation: YANG Cui, SONG Jinping, TANG Menglin, ZHU Shichao, WANG Chunxia. Consecutive six-year targeted monitoring on healthcare-associated infections in pediatric intensive care unit of a hospital. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(3): 296-300. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201909149 Copy

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