Alvarez AD, Martínez GME, Valdés MI, Ramírez PJC, Elías MY

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: intrahospital infections increase infant mortality and morbidity.
Objective: to determine the influential factors in the development of infections associated with health care in the Gastroenterology Service of the Luis A. Milanes Children's Hospital of Bayamo.
Methods: a descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional epidemiological hospital study was conducted during the period January-August 2017. The universe was constituted by the 1025 children who entered the service at the time indicated and the sample was made up of the 18 they developed the infection. Variables were studied: dependent (infection associated with health care) and independent (influential factors in the development of the disease). Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used. The analysis of the information was made with the help of the SPSS Program version 22.0 for Windows (Descriptive statistics), the summary measures used were the absolute and relative frequencies.
Results: the predominant factors were age less than one year (72.2 %) and previous use of antibiotics (66.7 %), followed by inadequate diet with exclusive breastfeeding (61.1 %), the male gender (61.1 %), and the hospital stay greater than 7 days (55.6 %); the most frequent types of infections were bacteremia and gastroenteritis (27.8 % each), and the most isolated microorganisms were negative coagulase staphylococci and Escherichia coli (both 25 %).
Conclusion: the main risk factors were the age under one year and the previous use of antibiotics.