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11170760

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Point prevalence studies of hospital-acquired infections among the elderly in 65-70 long-term care facilities (LTCF) were carried out once a year over a three-year period in Oslo city, Norway. They showed an overall rate of 6.5% of hospital-acquired infections among 13 762 residents. The infection rate was approximately the same as in hospitals and twice as high as among hospitalized long-term psychiatric patients. Residents who had received surgical treatment within the previous three months had a high rate of postoperative infections, especially wound infections (14.8%). During the study period, the LTCFs were found to be understaffed and overcrowded. They had few private rooms, a lack of bathrooms and toilets, no isolation facilities and deficient ventilation systems. The economic consequences of hospital-acquired infections in these LTCFs were extra costs in medical and nursing care and antibacterial treatment of 157 500 Nkr/day (22500 USD). There would be a substantial cost-benefit in effective preventive measures against hospital-acquired infections in long-term care institutions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 The Hospital Infection Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
288-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Hospital-acquired infections in Norwegian long-term-care institutions. A three-year survey of hospital-acquired infections and antibiotic treatment in nursing/residential homes, including 4500 residents in Oslo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hospital Infection, Ullevål University Hospital, 0407, Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article