Infecciones bacterianas nosocomiales en pacientes sometidos a procedimientos invasivos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital UTPL en el periodo comprendido entre enero de 2011 a diciembre de 2013

Abstract

In order to establish the incidence of bacterial infections associated with invasive devices used in the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital UTPL epidemiological, descriptive and retrospective study, collecting information from medical records and microbiology reports from 2011 to 2013. 87 medical records, 55 women and 32 men were reviewed. The incidence of bacterial infection in endotracheal intubation was 32.9 per 100 patients admitted to the unit, catheterization venipuncture center 11.5 per 100 patients. 61% of the positive results were generated by endotracheal intubation, with Staphylococcus aureus the predominant bacteria (30%) and comprehensively accounted for 27% followed by Escherichia coli with 19%, are in most often were indirect relationship with comorbidities such as hypertension (30%) and diabetes mellitus (11 %) respectively. The use of invasive devices in the intensive care unit, the presence of viable infection likely to be colonized by these bacterial agents. The dispersion of comorbidity and microorganisms showed no apparent relationship.