Evaluating effectiveness of infection control efforts in hospitals using information in microbiological laboratory databases
| Autor: | Satoshi Hamada, Mikiko Takahashi, Satoko Minakawa, Fumio Inoue, Naotake Ohdaira, Makoto Hirokawa, Hiromi Ozaki, Norihiro Saito, Sumie Mizuno, Hiroyuki Kayaba, Masamichi Itoga, Yasuyuki Takano, Kazushi Minami, Shigeharu Ueki, Fumiko Abo, Yuko Kitayama, Toshiyuki Kimura, Shin Ogawa, Tetsuhiro Fujishima, Yumiko Saito, Masahiko Kimura, Kazumi Kudo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
MRSA blood culture 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intensive care Internal Medicine medicine Infection control Blood culture 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Environmental resource management Medical practice 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Original Articles information network Information data infection control quality Emergency medicine Original Article Geriatrics and Gerontology Occupancy rate Family Practice business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of General and Family Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2189-6577 |
| Popis: | Purpose To analyze the quality of infection control activities, bacteriological data relevant to infection control was evaluated through the microbiological data warehouse networking hospitals in two medical regions. Methods Data regarding bacterial test results of 19 hospitals were extracted from two microbiological laboratory information data bases. The rate of MRSA among total S. aureus was used as a general indicator of infection control activities. The occupancy rate of nasal or pharyngeal swabs among MRSA‐positive bacteriological samples was used as an indicator of attention paid for infection control in intensive care wards. The number of blood culture sets per examined patient was utilized as an indicator for life‐long vocational education on updated medical practice relevant to infectious diseases. Results The rate of MRSA was significantly higher in secondary private hospitals. The occupancy rate of nasal or pharyngeal swabs was significantly higher in tertiary hospitals. The average number of blood culture set per examined patient were 1.55, 1.54 and 1.39 in tertiary, secondary public and secondary private hospitals, respectively; however, there were no statistical differences between groups. Conclusions Data bases of microbiological test results shared by hospital laboratories are useful for evaluating regional infection control activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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