Public Awareness of Nosocomial Infections

1. Public Awareness of Nosocomial Infections

2. What is nosocomial infections ? • “Hospital-acquired infections”: • infections acquired during hospital care which were not present or incubating at admission.

3. Incidence of HAI’s • In 2002 approximately 1.7 million cases of infection. • 33,269 among newborns in high-risk nurseries (1.95%) • 19,059 among newborns in well-baby nurseries (1.12%) • 417,946 among adults and children in ICUs (24.58%) • 1,266,851 among adults and children outside of ICUs (72.32%)

4. Incidence of HAI’s

5. Deaths related to HAI’s • The estimated deaths associated with HAIs in U.S. hospitals were 98,987 • 35,967 were for pneumonia (36.33%) • 30,665 for bloodstream infections (30.97%) • 13,088 for urinary tract infections (13.22%) • 8,205 for surgical site infections (8.28%) • 11,062 for infections of other sites (11.17%)

6. Deaths related to HAI’s

7. WHO’s practical guide for prevention of HAI’s • 1) Infection control programs. • 2) Nosocomial infection surveillance. • 3) Dealing with outbreaks. • 4) Prevention of nosocomial infection. • 5) Prevention of common endemic nosocomial infections. • 6) Environment. • 7) Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. • 8) Preventing infections of staff.

8. The awareness plan • Distribution of leaflets and brochures containing the simple and essential information about contact infections. • Given to patients and their families.

9. MRSA

10. C. Difficile

11. Group 5A ABDULAZIZ ABDULLAH BASAQR RAFAT HUSSAM ABUSHANAB MAMDOOH SALEM BASHAMMAKH MOAYAD MAJED AL-QURASHY IS'HAQ FAISAL DEWAN MOHAMMED SHAUIB AL-ZHRANI TARIQ MOHAMAD AWIDAH RIDWAN ADIL SLAGOR ABDULRAHMAN HOSNY AZIZALRAHMAN ABDULHADY ALI BINDAJAM MOHAMMED ABDULMAJEED NYAZ ABDULRAHMAN SAAD AL-SULIMANI MOAYAD ALI BATTAYEB OMAR MUNTASER RASLAN MOHAMMED KHALID AL-NAHHAS

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