Background & Aims : As more than 20% of nosocomial infections occur in intensive care units and the crude mortality rate is between 10 and 80%, the objective of the present study was to survey the prevalence of nosocomial infections to provide appropriate preventive guides based on international standards.

  Material & Methods : The present Descriptive and analytical, cross-sectional study was carried out on 101 patients with hospital-acquired infections in one year. Data were analyzed using SPSS to compute descriptive and analytical statistics.

  Results : The total cross infections rate was 0.4% of which 54.45% was for the intensive care units. The highest infections occurred in the respiratory system (47.27%). Significant differences was observed between the numbers of patients with cross infections in various wards (P<.001). The average hospital stay was 21. 19 days for the intensive care unit and significant differences was also observed between patients with cross infections with various length of hospital stay (P<.05), and was between male and female patients with cross infections number in various hospital wards (P<.001).

  Conclusion : The prevalence of patients with cross infections was below the standards . The results of current study is made us aware of the significance of a more exact investigation of declared cross infection reports of the hospitals, the standardization of those reports, and solving the existing problems.

  SOURCE: URMIA MED J 2013: 23(6): 704 ISSN: 1027-3727