Characteristics of related infections health care in an intensive care unit of a hospital school goiânia-goiáscity
International Journal of Development Research
Characteristics of related infections health care in an intensive care unit of a hospital school goiânia-goiáscity
Received 27th August, 2019; Received in revised form 29th September, 2019; Accepted 19th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Keila Cardoso dos Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To describe the types of HAI in a public intensive care unit in the city of Goiânia. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in an Intensive Care Unit between March and August 2012. A structured questionnaire was used, involving demographic data, hospitalization, risk factors and comorbidities. Results: 38 infections were identified in 26 patients. The HAI rate was 13%, pneumonia had the highest incidence 63%, followed by bloodstream infection with 13%, and surgical site 10%. Regarding the procedures, 92% of the patients were exposed to bladder catheterization, 65% used invasive mechanical ventilation and 61% underwent central venous catheterization. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most isolated microorganism, with an incidence of 29%, followed by Acinetobacterbaumannii, 25.8%, and Candida sp. 11%. Conclusion: Among all HAI, there was a predominance of mechanical ventilation-associated pneumonia (VAP), although bladder catheterization was the most common invasive procedure. It is believed that continuing education with all ICU staff combined with daily auditing can improve the results obtained.
