Caracterización microbiológica de los cultivos de muestras obtenidos en pacientes que utilizaron dispositivos médicos invasivos atendidos en el área de observación C del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo en el año enero 2016 - diciembre 2017.

Abstract

Background: Infections associated with health care are a subject of global interest, it is defined as a localized or generalized condition secondary to the presence of an infectious agent or toxemia which is not present during the incubation period during the patient’s hospital admission, the infections associated with health care are a direct consequence of the attention and care provided by the care staff and will be related to different risk factors that each patient has. Objective: characterize the microbiological results of the cultures obtained in the samples of patients with the use of medical devices, in the observation are of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital. Material and Methods: by means of an observational, descriptive, retrospective and no random study, involving 189 patients, 102 men and 87 women, who used invasive devices, resulting in patients who used bladder catheter the most frequent microorganism was Escherichia Coli 52,3%, in the use of venous catheter the most frequent microorganism Staphylococcus coagulase negative 45.3% and the use of endotracheal tube with the microorganism more frequent Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 34.7%. Conclusions: the infections associated with health care that most occurred were urinary tract infections due to the use of bladder catheter in 55% of the cases, and the most frequent isolated microorganisms were Gram-Negative Bacilli, the main microorganism isolated Escherichia coli at 36.26%.