Description of Infections Related to Health Care (IRAS) of patients in an Intensive Care Unit

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Francisco Gilberto Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Chagas, Ana Nelyza Silva das, Freitas, Marta Maria Costa, Barros, Livia Moreira, Caetano, Joselany Áfio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Vigilância Sanitária em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/614
• topic: Infecção hospitalar; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva; Epidemiologia; Cross Infection; Intensive care units; Epidemiology

Objective: to analyze Infections Related to Health Care (IRAS) of patients in an Intensive Care Unit. Method: epidemiological retrospective study conducted at the University Hospital of Fortaleza, between 2008 and 2011. Data were collected, organized in tables, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: equal number of female and male patients; average age of 58.3 years; average length of hospitalization and of diagnosis of infection of 21.2 and 11.7 days, respectively; central venous catheter performed in 89.3% of patients; most frequent topography: respiratory in 48.1% of patients; main identified pathogen: pseudomonas aeruginosa in 18.3% of patients; most used antimicrobials: glycopeptides, represented by vancomycin and teicoplanin; and, most frequent clinical outcome: death in 65.4% of patients. Conclusion: IRAS in the intensive care environment affect a large percentage of patients, requiring the implementation of strategies aiming at reducing the statistics and at promoting a safe hospital environment.