Abstract

HERNANDEZ SAINZ, Mariela; FERNANDEZ SIERRA, Julia; LECHUGA DOMINGUEZ, Yolepsi  and  TAMARIT CASTILLO, Odelaysi. Indicators of intrahospital quality. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.5, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: intrahospital infection is one of the worldwide health problems, and it is a hospital’s quality indicator. Objective: to value the indicators of intrahospital infection program in the University Hospital Martin Chang Puga of Nuevitas from 2007 to the first semester of 2008. Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional study of one-hundred thirty-six cases of hospital infection in the year 2007 was carried out which were compared with two-hundred fifty-nine cases of the year 1997, to appreciate the changes in the indicators. The sample coincided with the universe in both years. A recording was carried out with infection indicators of all the reported patients, which constituted data primary source. Results: the biggest infection rate was in the nephrology service with 4,6%. Of the localization of infections, surgical wounds, breathing, and cardiovascular ones, to a 18,3% respectively. Antibiotics that were used: cefazolin and ciprofloxacin. The ones of greater resistance, penicillin and erythromycin with 10,1%, cefazolin 14,2% and ampicillin with 21,1%. The most isolated germs were the staphylococcus epidérmides with 23,9%, and the aureus ones with 21,7%. Conclusions: the infection global rate of 2007 was inferior to the year 1997. The Nephrology service had the highest incidence with a very superior rate to the remainder services. Of the most isolated germs, were the staphylococcus epidérmides and the aureus, and regarding antibiotics the most used were ciprofloxacin and cefazolin.

Keywords : QUALITY INDICATORS; HEALTH CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL; EPIDEMILOGY,DESCRIPTIVE.

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