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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey

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HERNANDEZ SAINZ, Mariela; FERNANDEZ SIERRA, Julia; LECHUGA DOMINGUEZ, Yolepsi  y  TAMARIT CASTILLO, Odelaysi. Indicators of intrahospital quality. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.5. 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.

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

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