Reduced urosepsis in a veterans' hospital.
A three-year study of infecting organisms in a 600-bed university hospital revealed that despite an overall high incidence of urinary sepsis by resistant organisms only a small portion (3.5%) occurred on the urology service. Possible explanatory causes for this low infection rate included avoidance of cross infection from known pools of resistant organisms, short hospital stays, and close adherence to strictly aseptic techniques in handling patient's tubes and collecting devices. Simple measures provided protection from costly, debilitating disease.
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James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL.
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Yangco
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014572:Urology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data