Prevalence and Risk Factors of Culture Positive Infections in ICU of Vali-e-asr Hospital. Birjand in 95-94

culture-positive infections included the nosocomial infections in the ICU . The aim of this study was to investigate the culture- positive infections and the risk factors in patients admitted to the ICU of Valiasr (AS) university hospital, Birjand, Iran.
In this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study, 353 patients in the ICU at Valiasr (AS) university hospital in Birjand were studied. In the case of hospital infection they were cultured and in positive samples risk factors were analyzed. After data collection, (SPSS18) were used and descriptive statistics (percent - frequency) and chi-square tests were analyzied.
96 (27. 2%) of the patients who were admitted to the ICU affected with positive culturepositive. The mean age of individusls in present study, was 53/85±23/16 years. 71/2% of patiants with more than 10 days hospitalization affected with culture-positive infection. The increase in the duration of hospitalization, increase the culture-positive infection statiscally significant (pAccording to current study, it is necessary to pay more attention to the patients who are at risk of positive culture infection and reduction of risk factors. It is also recommended to avoid any unnecessary interventions in the ICU. In addition, if it is a need for catheterization, care and hygiene to prevent infection is necessary.