Incidence density and relative risk of nosocomial infection in Taiwan's Only Children's Hospital, 1999-2003

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Aug;29(8):767-70. doi: 10.1086/589724.

Abstract

We report on 2,688 nosocomial infection episodes involving 3,238 pathogens in Taiwan's only children's hospital. The mean annual incidence density was 4.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days. The relative risk was highest in intensive care units, oncology wards, and neonatal observation wards. Very young, low-birth-weight, critically ill, and oncology patients were most at risk.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Critical Illness
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Fungi / classification
  • Fungi / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / classification
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / classification
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hospitals, Pediatric* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Mycoses / epidemiology
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Risk
  • Taiwan