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1885912

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Northwick Park Infection Consultation Service (ICS) is a collaborative service operated by the departments of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases where personnel and skills are combined. Its aim is to improve the availability and effectiveness of consultation for infection-related problems. This paper sets out the framework for establishing an ICS and also details the general distribution of infection identified by the Northwick Park ICS in a study carried out between September 1987 and July 1990. Part II assesses the contribution that the ICS made to the management of infection. One thousand and thirty-eight (1038) patients were seen on the ICS. Seventy-five per cent (776) were judged to be infected and in 691 this was a probable or certain diagnosis. Skin and subcutaneous tissue, respiratory tract, and genito-urinary tract infections accounted for 64% of the total. Eighty-seven per cent of infections required treatment with intravenous antibiotics, 22% were associated with concomitant bacteraemia, and 2.7% of patients died as a direct result of their infection. Sixty-four per cent of consultations were unsolicited and arose from laboratory results or the clinical information on the form accompanying the specimen: over one quarter were initiated before results were available. These infections were no different in either severity or nature from those identified by solicited requests to either department. Fifty-three per cent of consultations had a moderate to high clinical component. The results emphasise the importance of infection in hospitals and highlight the advantages of a collaborative approach from the departments of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0163-4453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
47-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Northwick Park Infection Consultation Service. Part I. The aims and operation of the service and the general distribution of infection identified by the service between September 1987 and July 1990 [see comment].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article