Hospital Acquired Infection Analysis
Effects of hospital-acquired infections in public hospitals of low-income countries
Hospital-acquired or nosocomial or healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are those which are transmitted to the patients during their treatment in a hospital or any other healthcare facility but which are not present or incubating before admission (Bagheri Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis, & Pittet, 2011). Patients in low-income countries mostly depend on the public hospitals for their treatment, whereas public hospitals, due to their resource-poor health-care settings sometimes play a vital role in spreading HAIs.
Hospital-acquired infection is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in a hospital or any other health-care facility and both the patients and the health-care providers can be affected by it (Bates, Larizgoitia, Prasopa-Plaizier, & Jha, 2009; Burke, 2003). In terms of the developing countries, the actual scenario about the prevalence of HAI is difficult to understand due to their resource-poor hospital settings which limit the proper surveillance of HAI transmission (Allegranzi & Pittet, 2008). But a recent analysis made by World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010 indicates that the overall scenario is much worse than the developed countries. Intensive care unit (ICU) related HAI transmission rate in low-income countries is at least …show more content…
Cephalosporin is a low-cost antimicrobial drug which is used to treat HAIs. A study conducted by Hearn et al., (2017) in a Cambodian paediatric hospital revealed that third-generation cephalosporin (antimicrobial drug) which is used to treat HAIs are being replaced by a more expensive antimicrobial, carbapenem due to the increasing resistance of some HAI-causing bacteria to
Hospital-acquired or nosocomial or healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are those which are transmitted to the patients during their treatment in a hospital or any other healthcare facility but which are not present or incubating before admission (Bagheri Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis, & Pittet, 2011). Patients in low-income countries mostly depend on the public hospitals for their treatment, whereas public hospitals, due to their resource-poor health-care settings sometimes play a vital role in spreading HAIs.
Hospital-acquired infection is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in a hospital or any other health-care facility and both the patients and the health-care providers can be affected by it (Bates, Larizgoitia, Prasopa-Plaizier, & Jha, 2009; Burke, 2003). In terms of the developing countries, the actual scenario about the prevalence of HAI is difficult to understand due to their resource-poor hospital settings which limit the proper surveillance of HAI transmission (Allegranzi & Pittet, 2008). But a recent analysis made by World Health Organization (WHO) in 2010 indicates that the overall scenario is much worse than the developed countries. Intensive care unit (ICU) related HAI transmission rate in low-income countries is at least …show more content…
Cephalosporin is a low-cost antimicrobial drug which is used to treat HAIs. A study conducted by Hearn et al., (2017) in a Cambodian paediatric hospital revealed that third-generation cephalosporin (antimicrobial drug) which is used to treat HAIs are being replaced by a more expensive antimicrobial, carbapenem due to the increasing resistance of some HAI-causing bacteria to