Microbiological sentinel events at neurological hospital: a retrospective cohort study.

Microbiological sentinel events at neurological hospital: a retrospective cohort study. J Med Microbiol. 2016 Oct 20;: Authors: Asti A, Marmondi E, Tinelli C, Corbella M, de Silvestri A, Bernardi G, Andreini F, Preti A, Bricchi M Abstract AbstractThe purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiological surveillance of microbiological sentinel events (SE) carried out between 2012-2014 at the Neurological Hospital Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy. The Setting is inpatient care with Multi- Drug-Resistance infections. The aim of the procedure is to formalize the management mode, the reporting and transmission of SE. Categorical variables were described by counts and percentages, those quantitatives as mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile range. The Incidence Rates (IR) of SE were calculated per 1000 patient-day and for 100 admissions using the Poisson distribution. The incidence rate of isolation for 1000 patient-day vary from a minimum of 0.52 (IC95%: 0.23-1.15) in correspondence to the 2nd quarter of 2014, to a maximum value of 4.16 (IC95%: 3.20-5.40 in correspondence to the first quarter of 2013. A decrease followed from the third quarter of 2013 that has remained constant in 2014, reaching values similar to those of 2012. 'Preventive actions and their effectiveness on Acinetobacter baumanii, the primary cause in our division of MDR infections in 2012, has ensured a reduction of the incidence of the same; preventive a...
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research