CHEN Xiuwen 1 , XIE Chengfeng 1 , ZHOU Zhiqiu 1 , WAN Xiaohua 1 , LI Sisi 1 , ZHANG Xinping 1 , CHEN Qiang 2
  • 1. Infection Control Department, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hosptital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hosptital, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P. R. China;
CHEN Qiang, Email: jx-cq@163.com
Children; Healthcare-associated infection; Prevalence rate; Trend analysis
10.7507/1002-0179.201903007
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Objective To explore the continuous changing trend of healthcare-associated infection prevalence rate in a children’s hospital.Methods From July 2012 to November 2018, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitalized children for seven consecutive years by combining case-checking and bedside survey.Results A total of 10 310 hospitalized children were investigated in the past seven years. The incidence of healthcare-associated infections from 2012 to 2018 was 2.08%, 4.84%, 1.59%, 3.76%, 1.63%, 1.74%, and 2.08%, respectively, showing a statistically significant downward trend (LLA=7.631, P=0.006). The departments with higher proportion of healthcare-associated infections were pediatric surgery (50.0%), pediatric medicine (44.8%), neonatal medicine (2.8%), and intensive care units (2.4%) . Viruses (38.8%) were the most common pathogens of healthcare-associated infections, followed by Gram-negative bacteria (34.3%) .Conclusions The prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in the children’s hospital showed a downward trend year by year. Pediatric surgery is the most common occurrence department, and viruses are the most common pathogens. It can provide evidence for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection in children’s hospitals.

Citation： CHEN Xiuwen, XIE Chengfeng, ZHOU Zhiqiu, WAN Xiaohua, LI Sisi, ZHANG Xinping, CHEN Qiang. A trend analysis of healthcare-associated infection prevalence rate in a provincial children’s hospital for seven consecutive years. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(3): 272-275. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201903007 Copy

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