Incidence density and relative risk of nosocomial infection in Taiwan's Only Children's Hospital, 1999-2003.
We report on 2,688 nosocomial infection episodes involving 3,238 pathogens in Taiwan's only children's hospital. The mean annual incidence density was 4.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days. The relative risk was highest in intensive care units, oncology wards, and neonatal observation wards. Very young, low-birth-weight, critically ill, and oncology patients were most at risk.
Maa
Suh-Hwa
SH
School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Linkou Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. shmaa@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Lee
Hsin-Lun
HL
Huang
Yhu-Chering
YC
Wu
June Hsieh
JH
Tsou
Tsung-Shan
TS
MacDonald
Karen
K
Abraham
Ivo
I
D002648:Child; D016638:Critical Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012306:Risk; D013624:Taiwan