title: Hospital-acquired infection rate in a tertiary care teaching hospital in China: a cross-sectional survey involving 2434 inpatients.
abstract: A single-day hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) point prevalence study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in China. The overall prevalence rate of HAIs was 3.53% (95% confidence interval 2.80-4.26%) among 2434 inpatients surveyed. Respiratory system infection was the most common type of HAI (49.43%), followed by surgical site infection (22.99%). The pathogen detection results for 50 patients showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa to account for 24.00% of isolates, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (14.00%) and Escherichia coli (14.00%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: yjstaoxiubin@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiu-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing-Jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dong-Zhen
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Infection Management, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, 2 West Zheshan Road, Wuhu, Anhui 241001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015995:Prevalence; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Cross-sectional survey; Hospital-acquired infections; Prevalence