PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE INCIDENCE OF HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN OPERATED ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE DEPENDING ON THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AND TIMING OF OPERATION
Abstract:
The study carried out by the authors deals with the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
occurred in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture, operated. The group of subjects was composed of a
total number of 544 patients aged over 60 years, suffering femoral neck fractures and that were hospitalized,
from 29.02.2008 until 26.05.2015, in the Department of Orthopedics of Sibiu County Emergency Hospital,
aiming at examining the incidence of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) through a prospective cohort
study. Within deep reforms that are necessary in the romanian health care system, studies are needed to show
the extent and the factors associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), simultaneously with the
implementation of strategies in order to prevent and combat them.
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