Hospital Urinary Tract Infections in Healthcare Units on the Example of Mazovian Specialist Hospital Ltd.

ABSTRACT: Microbiological diagnostics is of great importance in limiting the spread of nosocomial infections. The information on etiological agents of infections and their susceptibility to antibiotics enables a quick response in the case of a suspected epidemic outbreak. The aim of this study is to analyze the incidence of nosocomial urinary tract infections among patients hospitalized in hospital wards over a period of 2 years and to determine the predominant etiological agent depending on the method of clinical specimen collection. Data from the Mazovian Specialist Hospital (MSH) in Radom constitute the material for the preparation of this study. Urine was collected using two methods. The first one was the method of collecting urine from the central stream, while the second method was urine colle

SUBMITTER: Trzesniewska-Ofiara Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309389 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature