title: [Preventable hospital acquired infections are common].
abstract: Preventable hospital acquired infections are common A modified GTT (Global trigger tool) was used for 480 patient records from 15 departments at Linköping University Hospital. Sixty-three hospital-acquired infections (HAI) were detected at 59 admissions. Postoperative wound infections were most common (44.4 %). Catheter-related urinary infections occurred in 15.9 %, infections associated with a central venous catheter in 7.9 % and hospital-acquired pneumonia in 6.3 % of all HAI.  Other types of HAI consisting of any abscess or oral Candida infection composed 17.5 %. Some 221 patients were operated (46.0 %). Postoperative wound infections were diagnosed in 28 of them (12.7 %), the majority after discharge from hospital. Most urinary infections were diagnosed in emergency patients (8/10). Prolonged hospital stay or unplanned return to hospital occurred in 54 %. Out of 63 HAI some 76.2 % were judged as probably preventable, and 11.1 % as preventable.
authors.affiliation: Centrum för Hälso- och Vårdutveckling, Region Östergötland - Linköping, Sweden Centrum för Hälso- och Vårdutveckling, Region Östergötland - Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Pernilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordqvist
authors.affiliation: Centrum för Hälso- och Vårdutveckling, Region Östergötland - Linköping, Sweden Centrum för Hälso- och Vårdutveckling, Region Östergötland - Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roberg
authors.affiliation: Region Östergötland - Ledningsstaben Linköping, Sweden Region Östergötland - Ledningsstaben Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnusson
authors.affiliation: Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping - Kirurgiska kliniken Linköping, Sweden Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping - Kirurgiska kliniken Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Rune
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sjödahl
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology