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Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 9-10/2022

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Hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary hospital in Iran before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

verfasst von: Abdolreza Mohammadi, Fatemeh Khatami, Zohreh Azimbeik, Alireza Khajavi, Mehdi Aloosh, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 9-10/2022

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Summary

Infection prevention protocols are the accepted standard to control nosocomial infections. These protective measures intensified after the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to reduce the risk of viral transmission. It is the rationale that this practice reduces nosocomial infections. We evaluated the impact of these protective measures on nosocomial infections in our center with more than 20,000 records of annual patient admission. In a retrospective study, we evaluated the incidence of nosocomial infections in Sina hospital for 9 months (April–December 2020) during the COVID-19 period and compared it with the 8 months in the pre-COVID period (April–November 2019). Despite decreasing the number of admissions during the COVID era (hospitalizations showed a reduction of 43.79%), the total hospital nosocomial infections remained unchanged; 4.73% in the pre-COVID period versus 4.78% during the COVID period. During the COVID period the infection percentages increased in the cardiovascular care unit (p-value = 0.002) and intensive care units (p-value = 0.045), and declined in cardiology (p-value = 0.046) and neurology (p-value = 0.019) wards. This study showed that intensifying the infection prevention protocols is important in decreasing the nosocomial infections in some wards (cardiology and neurology). Still, we saw increased nosocomial infection in some wards, e.g., the intensive care unit (ICU) and coronary care unit (CCU). Thus, enhanced infection prevention protocols implemented in hospitals to prevent the spread of a pandemic infection may not always decrease rates of other hospital-acquired infections during a pandemic. Due to limited resources, transfer of staff, and staff shortage due to quarantine measures may prohibit improved prevention procedures from effectively controlling nosocomial infections.
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Metadaten
Titel
Hospital-acquired infections in a tertiary hospital in Iran before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
verfasst von
Abdolreza Mohammadi
Fatemeh Khatami
Zohreh Azimbeik
Alireza Khajavi
Mehdi Aloosh
Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir
Publikationsdatum
07.03.2022
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 9-10/2022
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-022-00918-1

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