Title: Risk factors for nosocomial infections in 44 diabetes mellitus patients and nursing interventions
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To explore the risk factors of nosocomial infections in the patients with diabetes mellitus so as to take the corresponding nursing and treatment measures and to provide basis for the effective prevention and treatment of nosocomial infections in the diabetes mellitus patients.METHODS The clinical data of 895 hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus were analyzed,and the risk factors associated with the nosocomial infections were observed.RESULTS The nosocomial infections occurred in 44 patients among all the diabetes mellitus patients with the infection rate of 4.92%.The main infection sites were as follows: respiratory tract(17 cases,38.64%),urinary tract(12 cases,27.27%),skin tissue(7 cases,15.91%) and digestive tract(6 cases,13.64%).Of all the pathogens causing nosocomial infections,there were 36(81.82%) strains of gram-negative bacilli,4(9.09%) strains of gram-positive cocci,and 3(6.82%) strains of fungi.The univariate χ2 test indicated that the nosocomial infections was closely associated with the age,course of diabetes mellitus,control level of blood sugar,invasive manipulation,hospitalization duration,and type of antibiotics.The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the age,control level of blood sugar,invasive manipulation and type of antibiotics were the independent risk factors associated with the nosocomial infections.CONCLUSION The incidence of nosocomial infections is high in the diabetes patients and is influenced by many factors.It is necessary to take corresponding nursing measures,to closely monitor the elderly patients,to lessen the invasive operation,to control the blood sugar level,and to reasonably use antibiotics so as to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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