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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

Print version ISSN 0864-2125On-line version ISSN 1561-3038

Abstract

BORGES OQUENDO, Lourdes de la Caridad; HERNANDEZ BARRIOS, Epifanio Reinaldo; RODRIGUEZ ESQUIROL, Ana Margarita  and  MUKODSI CARAN, Miguel. Evaluación de algunos indicadores del programa nacional para la prevención y el control de la infección intrahospitalaria. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.4, pp.350-355. ISSN 0864-2125.

The epidemiologic indicators established in the National Program for Prevention and Control of Intrahospital Infection are evaluated in this paper. The survey of Instantaneous Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection proposed by the Expert Committee of the World Health Organization was applied in "Luis de la Puente Uceda" Polyclinic-Hospital. Its behaviour was analyzed according to the medical services, the most frequent site of localization and the association with invasive maneuvers. The use of antibiotic therapy is studied and the subregister found by the research in connection with the report of the Committee of Intrahospital Infection is shown

Keywords : CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL COSTS.

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