<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_jccm-2020-0028_s_011_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c15b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>The study aimed to investigate the changes in nosocomial infection density after patients were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a new-build hospital.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2020-0028_s_012_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c15b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>The types and rates of nosocomial infections were obtained for a one-year period retrospectively before leaving the old hospital premises and for a one-year periods after moving into the new hospital. The intensive care unit in the “old” premises was comprised of a 17-bedded hall, and thirty-three nurses shifted to work forty-eight hours a week, with each nurse assigned to provide care for two patients. The intensive care unit in the “new” premises consisted of single rooms, each with twenty-eight beds.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2020-0028_s_013_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c15b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>The median nosocomial infection density decreased from 23 to 15 per 1000 in-patient days. The catheter-related urinary tract infection rate decreased from 7.5 to 2.6 per100 catheter days.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2020-0028_s_014_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c15b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Treatment of patients in the new hospital resulted in a decrease in nosocomial infection density.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundThe study aimed to investigate the changes in nosocomial infection density after patients were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a new-build hospital.MethodsThe types and rates of nosocomial infections were obtained for a one-year period retrospectively before leaving the old hospital premises and for a one-year periods after moving into the new hospital. The intensive care unit in the “old” premises was comprised of a 17-bedded hall, and thirty-three nurses shifted to work forty-eight hours a week, with each nurse assigned to provide care for two patients. The intensive care unit in the “new” premises consisted of single rooms, each with twenty-eight beds.ResultsThe median nosocomial infection density decreased from 23 to 15 per 1000 in-patient days. The catheter-related urinary tract infection rate decreased from 7.5 to 2.6 per100 catheter days.ConclusionsTreatment of patients in the new hospital resulted in a decrease in nosocomial infection density.

A Comparison of Nosocomial Infection Density in Intensive Care Units on Relocating to a New Hospital

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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BackgroundThe study aimed to investigate the changes in nosocomial infection density after patients were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a...

	OldH n=127	NewH n=96	P Chi-squared test
Age (mean SD )	(64.9 10.1)	(63.9 13.7)	0.949^*
Female (%)	45	60	0.088^*
Male %	55	40	0.079^*
CHF (number)	5	8	0.748^*
DM (number)	6	5	0.748^*
CE (number)	11	5	0.270^*
CRF (number)	5	4	0.065^*
Trauma (number)	8	7	0.652^*
Malignancy (number)	9	3	0.076^*
Hemodialysis (number)	9	7	0.847^*

	OldH	NewH	P Mann-Whitney U test
Number of Nosocomial Infections	127	96	0.401
Nosocomial Infection Density	23.0 (16.5-46.4)	15.0 (4.1-32.5)	0.040^*

	OldH (n=127)	NewH (n=96)	P Mann- Whitney U test
Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii	34 (26%)	30 (31%)	0.847^*
Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae	30 (23%)	20 (21%)	0.056^*
Carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	9 (7%)	12 (12,5%)	0.949^*

A Comparison of Nosocomial Infection Density in Intensive Care Units on Relocating to a New Hospital

Article Category: Research article

Published Online: Aug 11, 2020

Page range: 175 - 180

Received: Feb 12, 2020

Accepted: Jun 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2020-0028

Keywords
nosocomial infection density, infection control measures, causative microorganisms, antimicrobial susceptibility

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Comparison of demographic data and co-morbidities of patients in the old hospital (OldH) and the new hospital (NewH)

Comparisons of the number of nosocomial infections and infection density, in the old hospital (OldH) and new hospital (NewH)

Comparisons of the antimicrobial susceptibility, in the old hospital (OldH) and new hospital (NewH)

A Comparison of Nosocomial Infection Density in Intensive Care Units on Relocating to a New Hospital

Article Category: Research article

Published Online: Aug 11, 2020

Page range: 175 - 180

Received: Feb 12, 2020

Accepted: Jun 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2020-0028

Keywordsnosocomial infection density, infection control measures, causative microorganisms, antimicrobial susceptibility

© 2020 Zeynep Ture, Tugba Ustuner, Ario Santini, Serhat Aydogan, İlhami Celik, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Supplementary figure 1

Comparison of demographic data and co-morbidities of patients in the old hospital (OldH) and the new hospital (NewH)

Comparisons of the number of nosocomial infections and infection density, in the old hospital (OldH) and new hospital (NewH)

Comparisons of the antimicrobial susceptibility, in the old hospital (OldH) and new hospital (NewH)

Keywords
nosocomial infection density, infection control measures, causative microorganisms, antimicrobial susceptibility