Nosocomial Infections: Management Guidelines

Hospital infection or Nosocomial infections are commonly transmitted by medical staff negligence, unhygienic medical interventions and weakened immune systems. Since medical staff moves from patient to patient, the staff themselves serves as a means for spreading pathogens. In India Hospital infection estimates vary from 10 to 30 percent, the least being about 3 percent in the best of hospitals.

Present study is conducted in Sharda hospital, Greater Noida from Jan. 2011 to till Dec. 2011 on 290 patients admitted in hospital for more than 48 hours. These patients were admitted in various departments for different medical interventional procedures. It is assumed in this study that bacteria having in common sensitivity pattern are of same origin and strain were considered of hospital origin. The sample selected for study was body fluids and the bacterial isolates grown on culture were identified by standard microbiological techniques. Total 15(5.15%.) patients had developed nosocomial infection after 48 hours of stay in hospital and Escherichia coli is the main bacterial isolate. It is observed that sense of awareness and hand washing are important components for prevention of nosocomial infection.