Incidence Rate of Nosocomial Infection in Gynecology Ward of Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah during 2012 and 2013

Nosocomial infections are infections that develop 48 or 72 hours after the patient's admission to the hospital or during the specified period of 10 to 30 days after discharge. These infections should be non-existent at the time of the patient's admission and should not be at their incubation period either. The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating the incidence rate of nosocomial infections and the associated factors at the Gynecology ward of Imam Reza Hospital of Kermanshah in 2012-13.
The present cross-sectional study was conducted on cases of nosocomial infection in the gynecology ward of Imam Reza Hospital of Kermanshah in 2012-13. Data regarding the patients’ demographic information, the type of bacteria isolated from the culture and the antibiotics taken were collected using a questionnaire designed based on the National Monitoring System of Nosocomial Infections and according to the Diagnosis Algorithm for Nosocomial Infections provided in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System's guidelines. Data were then analyzed using SPSS-19.
In 2012, 6244 women, and in 2013, 6855 women were admitted to the hospital, making a total of 13099 cases. In 2012, 0.44%, and in 2013, 0.99% of the admitted patients developed nosocomial infections, making the incidence of nosocomial infections in 2012 and 2013 at estimated rates of 44.8 and 99.1 in every 10,000 patients, in respective order; and the majority of patients were over the age of 20 (P Due to the increasing rate of nosocomial infections in gynecology ward and given their devastating effects on women health, hospitals should take extra care to report these cases, and as surgical site infections are more prevalent, pre and post operative care should be provided with the highest degree of precision.