HOSPITAL INFECTIONS RATE AND HEALTH STAFF DENSITY IN A NEONATOLOGY DEPARTMENT

  • Zorana Djordjevic KC Kragujevac
  • Dragana Ristić Centar za neonatologiju, Klinika za pedijatriju, Klinički centar Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Srbija
  • Dragana Savić Centar za neonatologiju, Klinika za pedijatriju, Klinički centar Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Srbija
  • Aleksandra Simović
  • Slobodan Jankovic Služba za kliničku farmakologiju, Klinički centar Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Srbija

Sažetak


Objective. The aim of our study was to compare staffing trends for physicians and nurses with hospital infections (HIs) rate at a neonatology department of tertiary care health facility.

Method. The prospective cohort study was conducted at Neonatology Department, Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Serbia. The incidences of neonates with HIs were calculated for each of the quartiles during the 5-year period. The data about number and structure of staff for each quartile of the study period were collected from the official work schedule lists of the department.

Results. This study registered a total of 272 HIs occurring in 264 neonates. The incidence rate of patients with HIs was 13.36% and the incidence density of HIs was 5.85 per 1,000 patient-days. In the observed period trend of incidence rate of patients with HIs was stable but trend of incidence density of HIs was increasing, however without statistical significance. The highest incidence rates of patients with HIs were recorded in the third quarter of all observed years respectively: 17.44% in 2012, 16.74% in 2013, 23.47% in 2014, 18.18% in 2015 and 22.74 in 2016. Average number of nurses in the first shift ranged from 5.0 to 7.0, but in second shift was 3.0 to 4.0 only, and the least number of nurses worked in the third quartile of each year. Average number of physicians in the first shift ranged from 2.33 to 4.47 and they were also the fewest in numbers in the third quarter. We observed strong negative correlation between the average incidence rate of patients with HIs and average number of nurses in the first shift (r=-0.977, p=0.023).

Conclusion. Optimal nurse and physician staffing of neonatal departments in developing countries and avoidance of inter-quartile variations in number of staff at duty would decrease incidence of HIs and probably create overall savings of the hospital budget.

Biografija autora

Aleksandra Simović
Centar za neonatologiju, Klinika za pedijatriju, Klinički centar Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Srbija

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