Infecciones relacionadas con catéteres venosos: incidencia y otros factores

摘要: Background: The most frequent intranosocomial infections are related with the use of intravascular catheters. Nonetheless, their brings benefits to patients IV therapy including fluid, drugs and parenteral nutrition administration. Objective: To determine incidence rate main characteristics (IVT-IR) in Hospital Angeles Pedregal. Patients methods: A clinical, descriptive, consecutive sampling, observational, open-label, longitudinal prospective report. who where placed any non-short catheter, by central, peripheral, or umbilical ways Pedregal from January 1 st December 31 during 2005. Observation diagnosis followed guidelines according National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) definitions through active monitoring specialized personal catheter handling. Results: In established period, 15,444 were admitted hospital. During that time there 1,472 catheters installed 1,160 patients. Only 64.39% (n = 709) cultured. addition, 32 registered, representing 2.17% From 1,000 days-catheter, 3.29 cases located; jugular was infected place. infection peak presented within days 7 10, when 12 (4.83%) infected. 265 (18%) three-way installed, 10 (3.77%) them Conclusions: Intravascular installation, its relation frequency del Pedregal, is below NNIS median. After reviewing results present work, we conclude best practice access should be one which subclavian region, a one-way it will exposed for less than days.