PMID: 9437483Jan 23, 1998Paper

Nosocomial infections in an oncology intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control
E VelascoV M Gonçalves

Abstract

Treatment of cancer has contributed to a growing number of immunocompromised patients with life-threatening nosocomial infections (NI). High mortality with considerable cost is observed when they are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Few studies on infection control and surveillance have been undertaken in this population group. All patients treated at a six-bed medical-surgical oncology ICU for > 48 hours were prospectively observed for the development of an NI and the influence of device utilization on infection rates. The analysis used the standard definitions of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System Intensive Care Unit surveillance component. From September 1993 through November 1995, 370 infections occurred in 623 patients during 4034 patient-days, for an overall rate of 50.0 per 100 patients or 91.7 per 1000 patient-days. Pneumonia (28.9%), urinary tract infections (25.6%), and bloodstream infections (24.1%) were the main types of infection. The most common microorganisms isolated were Enterobacteriaceae (29.7%), fungi (22.2%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (13.2%). The median device utilization ratios were 0.63, 0.83, and 0.86 for ventilator, indwelling urinary catheter, and central venous catheter,...Continue Reading

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