Characteristics of Hospitals Participating in the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System 2006 / 병원감염관리
Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control
; : 105-112, 2006.
Article
en Ko
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-218485
Biblioteca responsable:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS) operating since July 2006 is the first nationwide monitoring system for nosocomial infections in the in the intensive care unit (lCU) with a standard protocol and web-based prompt response network in Korea. This report describes the characteristics of the KONIS hospitals compared with those of all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over. METHODS: A survey was conducted for the 44 hospitals participating in KONIS 2006, and the data were rechecked by the KONIS hospitals through KONIS web-network. The survey form included questions about the size of the hospital, infection control personnel, nursing personnel, and the status of microbiologic laboratory. RESULTS: Compared to all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over, the KONIS hospitals were larger in term of average number of beds (857 vs 654); the number of hospitals with 700 beds and over was over-represented in Seoul (P=0.01) and under-represented in the central/south area (P<0.001) The majority of the KONIS hospitals were major teaching university-affiliated (88,6%) and private (72.7%), but in the central/south area, public hospitals comprised up to 60%. The number of infection control professionals (ICP) averaged 1.6, hospital beds per ICP 531, and infectious disease physicians 1.3. Medical and medical combined ICUs were the major component (67,1%) of the KONIS ICUs, The lCU bed per nurse was 0.63. CONCLUSION: The KONIS 2006 hospitals were over-represented in the overall indicators in Seoul. Because no objective indicators were available regarding the patient quality, KONIS data must be interpreted in consideration of all indicators.
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Base de datos:
WPRIM
Asunto principal:
Infección Hospitalaria
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Enfermedades Transmisibles
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Enfermería
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Control de Infecciones
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Seúl
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Hospitales Públicos
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
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Corea (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudio:
Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article