Prevalencia y caracterización epidemiológica de las infecciones asociadas a la atención de salud en el servicio uci pediátrico del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, 2018 - 2020

Abstract

Background: health care-associated infections (HAIs), have a prevalence between 16 to 31%, are directly associated with increased hospitalization days, costs related to interventions, use of antimicrobials and risk of mortality. Objective: to determine the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of HAIs in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) service of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM), 2018-2020.

Material and Methods: an observational, descriptive study was carried out on 222 patients, who met the inclusion criteria, the data obtained were entered and analyzed in the SPSS 15 program.

Results: prevalence was 11.7, the presentation was higher in men, the most affected population was 1-4 years old with 53.8%, the most prevalent type of HAI was the intravenous device with 46.2% (n:12). Some type of invasive procedure was performed in 85% of the patients, the most common procedure was the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) in 82% of these patients, the most common surgery was the correction of heart disease with 36.6%, and the most isolated germs were gram-negative bacilli in 53.84% of the cases.

Conclusions: the prevalence was analogous to that of other studies carried out in similar populations in centers of the same complexity.