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Nosocomial Infections in a Community Hospital in Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. de Lourdes García-García ,
Aida Jiménez-Corona ,
M. Eugenia Jiménez-Corona ,
Miguelina Solís-Bazaldúa ,
Carlos O. Villamizar-Arciniegas  and
José Luis Valdespino-Gómez
M. de Lourdes García-García*
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
Aida Jiménez-Corona
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
M. Eugenia Jiménez-Corona
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
Miguelina Solís-Bazaldúa
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
Carlos O. Villamizar-Arciniegas
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
José Luis Valdespino-Gómez
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/Escuela de Salud Público, Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México
*
Secretaria Académica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Público, Ave Universidad No 655, Col Sta Ma Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, México 62508
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Abstract

Results from prospective surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) in a small community hospital were evaluated, and a case-control study was conducted. The rate of 1.4 NIs per 100 discharges determined by prospective surveillance was found to be underestimated. Prematurity, pediatric service, surgery, length of stay, and age were independently associated with NI.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , June 2001 , pp. 386 - 388
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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