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infections
Dr Hanan ALGheryafi
Pediatric consultant infectious disease
QCH
INTRODUCTION
The rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring
worldwide,
The antibiotic resistance crisis has been attributed to the
antimicrobials,
massive additional financial burdens,
an excess of deaths
stress for patients and their families
The most frequent type of infection hospital
wide is urinary tract infection (36%), followed
by surgical site infection (20%), and
bloodstream infection and pneumonia (both
11%).
Device-associated infection rates reported
from multicentre studies conducted in adult
and paediatric ICUs are also several times
higher in developing countries as compared
to the NHSN system (USA) rates
Neonatal infections are reported to be 320
times higher among hospital-born babies in
developing as compared to developed
countries.
In developed countries, HCAI concerns 515%
of hospitalized patients and can affect 937%
of those admitted to intensive care units
(ICUs),
The risk for patients to develop surgical site
infection (SSI), the most frequently surveyed
type of HCAI in developing countries, is
significantly higher than in developed
countries (e.g. 30.9%)
numerous unafavourable factors such as
understaffing, poor hygiene and sanitation,
lack or shortage of basic equipment,
inadequate structures and overcrowding,
hospitalization,
invasive devices and procedures,
antimicrobial therapy).
In ICU settings particularly, the use of various
invasive devices
(e.g. central venous catheter, mechanical
ventilation or urinary catheter) is one of the
most important risk factors for
acquiring HCAI.
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RTI ------37.3%
BLOOD -----19%
NSSI------ 3.3%
Bedsore------- 5.6%
Transmission occurs mostly
via large droplets,
direct contact with infectious material or
through contact with inanimate objects
contaminated by infectious material.
Performance of high-risk patient care
procedures and inadequate infection control
practices contribute to the risk. Transmission of
other viral (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), hepatitis B) and bacterial illnesses including
tuberculosis to HCWs is also well known.
Touch surfaces commonly found in hospital
rooms, such as bed rails, call buttons, touch
plates, chairs, door handles, light switches,
grab rails, intravenous poles, dispensers
(alcohol gel, paper towel, soap), dressing
trolleys, and counter and table tops are
known to be contaminated with bacteria.
COMMONLY CONTAMINATED
SURFACES
Survival Of Pathogens On Surfaces
Organism Survival period
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Micro-organisms are known to survive on
inanimate touch surfaces for extended
periods of time.
Surface survival
Transmission of health care-associated
pathogens through hands
Transmission through contaminated
HCWshands is the most common pattern in
most settings and require five sequential
steps:
(i) organisms are present on the patients
skin, or have been shed onto inanimate
objects immediately surrounding the patient;
(ii) organisms must be transferred to the
hands of HCWs;
(iii) organisms must be capable of surviving
for at least several minutes on HCWs hands.
(iv) hand washing or hand antisepsis by the
HCWs must be inadequate or omitted
entirely, or the agent used for hand hygiene
inappropriate.
(v) the contaminated hand or hands
of the caregiver must come into direct
contact with another patient or with an
inanimate object that will come into direct
contact with the patient.
Prevention
Successful control of MDROs has been
documented in the United States using a
variety of combined interventions:.
These include improvements in hand hygiene
enhanced environmental cleaning
use of Contact Precautions until patients are