Volume 25, Issue 116, October 2021

Prevalence of different types of healthcare-associated infections in a military hospital in Al Saih

Nehad J Ahmed^1,2♦, Abdul Haseeb³, Amer H Khan²

¹Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy College, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
²Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
³Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy College, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Aim: The objective of the current study was to explore prevalence of different types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in a military hospital in Al-Saih city. Methodology: Infection control unit in the hospital helped us in collecting the required data about healthcare-associated infections. Results: The average rate of healthcare associated infections in 2020 was 0.11%. The rate of deviceassociated infection was low. For example, the rate of central line associated bloodstream infections was 0.84 per 1000 central line days, and the rate of catheter associated urinary tract infections was 0.50 per urinary catheter days. Moreover, the rate of other healthcare associated infections was also low. For example, the rate of surgical site infection was 0.04%. Conclusion: In order to understand the trends of HAIs, more studies are required. Moreover, more efforts are required by health care workers and other stakeholders to reduce the occurrence of HAIs.

Keywords: Healthcare-associated infections, hospital acquired infections, nosocomial infections, prevalence

Medical Science, 2021, 25(116), 2559-2564

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