Monitoring Nosocomial Infections in the District Hospital

The Diploma thesis provides basic information about the incidence of nosocomial infections, especially about the process of spreading infections, their subdivision according various aspects, major means of nosocomial infections, and about methods of surveillance. Investigative part of the thesis is aimed to describe the incidence of nosocomial infection, which can be used as quality indicator of hospital care, including the spectrum of the most frequent etiological microbial agents and their resistance against antibiotic treatment. There were used mixed research methods to process the investigative part of the thesis because the methods were quantitative and qualitative. The analysis of the data represents main part of the thesis. The research was carried out in the district hospital, namely in The Hospital Strakonice, a.s.. There were monitored infections at operation sites, between Jan 1, 2011 and Dec 31, 2011 at the surgical and gynaecology units. There were also monitored infections of the blood stream between Jan 1, 2009 and Dec 31, 2011 at all departments. The research group was formed by inpatients staying in The Hospital Strakonice, a.s., who were after surgical procedure or those, who were catheterized central blood stream in defined time period