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MEDISAN

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Abstract

MARRERO RODRIGUEZ, Haidee; QUINTERO SALCEDO, Sahily; BLANCO ZAMBRANO, Gladis Leydis  and  DUARTE GRANDALES, Serguei. Status of nosocomial sepsis: underreporting and non-observance of established health standards. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp.462-468. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, retrospective and cross sectional study was carried out in 315 patients with nosocomial sepsis in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" General Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, from January to September 2011, to determine the status of the morbid process through some variables of interest, such as number of people affected with sepsis according to the hospital service, rate that they represented, location of sepsis, microbiological map, among others. Based on the results, it could be concluded that there was an underreporting of nosocomial infections and deficiencies in the observance of epidemiological health standards. To reduce or eliminate some elements that can cause sepsis, intervention strategies were recommended in this health institution.

Keywords : nosocomial sepsis; epidemiological health standards; secondary health care.

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