[Two first years' bacteremia incidence and impact in a new hospital].
OBJECTIVE
We pursued here to determine the incidence of blood-stream infections.


METHODS
Longitudinal descriptive study. All patients admitted to hospital from January 1999 to December 2000 were included. Blood-stream infection episodes were defined according to CDC criteria. Blood-stream infection prevalence and incidence density (ID), nosocomial primary blood-stream infection attributable to intravascular devices intravascular devices and population attributable fraction were estimated.


RESULTS
Overall blood-stream infection ID was 1.3 por 1,000 patient-years. Nosocomial blood-stream infection represented 1.1 per 1,000 patient-days. Nosocomial primary blood-stream infection attributable risk was 54.3%, population attributable risk was 49.8% and population attributable fraction was 86.6%.


CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of blood-stream infection was similar to that reported by other centers. The impact of intravascular devices on nosocomial blood-stream infections in our hospital was high
Bou
Ricardo
R
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital de la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, España. Rbou@Hospital-Ribera.com
Perpiñán
Javier
J
Ramos
Pilar
P
Peris
Miguel
M
Aguilar
Angel
A
Garcés
Rafael
R
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors