Introduction:

Health care associated infections are a health problem.

Objective:

Characterize healthcare associated infections in the three services of the National Institute of Angiology and Vascular Surgery during 2019.

Methods:

Longitudinal study of clinical epidemiology in 89 patients admitted in 2019, who were diagnosed with an infection associated with health care. The study variables were: age, sex, months of the year, care service, associated diseases, more frequent germs and main locations. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated.

Results:

A cumulative percentage rate of 6.6 per 100 discharges was found, with male predominance and higher frequency in patients in the fifth decade of life. The surgical wound was present in 43 of the 89 cases reported, followed by bacterial bronchopneumonie with 18. The main associated disease was diabetes mellitus and the most common isolated germs were Stafilococus aureus, Pseudomonasp and Acinetobacter baumannii.

Conclusions:

The incidence rate of healthcare associated infections at the National Institute of Angiology and Vascular Surgery during 2019 does not differ from those presented in previous years and corresponds to international reports.

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