Uzma Mahar¹, Naveena Fatima², Aisha Arshad¹, Aisha Jamal¹, Qurat-ul-Ain Rizvi¹, Ali Saleem1 and Nida Anwar¹*

¹Department of Clinical Hematology, National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
²Department of Research and Development, National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author: Nida Anwar, Consultant Hematologist and Associate Professor, Department of Research and Development, National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan.

Received: October 09, 2023; Published: November 13, 2023

Abstract

Background: One of the main downside of a hospital is healthcare related infections which impose great challenge to health systems despite many advances. These infections affect morbidity/mortality and also increase the economic burden. Our study was designed to compare the difference in infection control at our hospital before and after taking measures at our newly established centre.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted after ethical approval from February, 2018 to January2019.The study was divided into two phases. First phase comprised of initial 6 months and second phase for later 06 months of hospital establishment. Data were collected from the laboratory in form of cultures reports. Descriptive and inferential statistic was done by using SPSS version 23.0.

Results: A total of 1151 cultures were sent, out of which 681 (59%) were sent in initial phase and 470 (41%) were sent in later phase. It was found out that in initial and later phase there was increased rate of fungal growth in environment cultures. In majority of the patients no bacterial growth was reported in initial and later phase. Overall, absence of any organisms was found to be statistically same in both phases. However, bacterial and fungal growth reduced in later than the initial phase and the reduction in fungal growth was statistically significant. The growth of organism from the environment, accessories inside the patient’s room, nursing counter, and patients was found statistically non-significant.

Conclusions: Our study revealed that the number of organisms isolated in initial phase was greater than the later phase but the reduction was not satisfactory. Implementation of policies and protocols are needed in this regard.

Keywords: Infection Control; Infection Prevention; Health Care Associated Infections

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Citation

Citation: Nida Anwar., et al. “Incidence of Microbial Pattern Pre and Post Infection Control Training at Newly Established Teaching Centre; Experience from Pakistan".Acta Scientific Microbiology 6.12 (2023): 22-27.

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