Jordan: Study to gauge rates of hospital-acquired infections |
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AMMAN - The Ministry of Health is conducting a study to determine hospital-acquired infection rates in the Kingdom's hospitals, which will enable it to enhance precautionary measures and draw up policies to reduce the percentage.
"There is a dire need for such a study, because in Jordan we lack these studies that provide us with important figures on hospital infection rates, which is a worldwide problem," Mohammad Abdullat, head of the infection control department at the ministry, told The Jordan Times on Monday.
Under the study, data will be compiled from a sample of selected facilities, including Al Bashir, Prince Hamzah, Jamil Al Tutanji, Prince Feisal, Zarqa, Jerash and Karak hospitals, he added.
In addition, the study will identify specific wards where infection rates are high, as well as the types of viruses, Abdullat said, noting that the results will help the ministry in its strategies to reduce and curb infection rates at hospitals.
According to the WHO website, a nosocomial infection is an infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than that infection.
Nosocomial infections are widespread and important contributors to morbidity and mortality, according to WHO.
The hospital-acquired infection issue will become even more important as a public health problem with increasing economic and human impact because of increasing numbers and crowding of people, more frequent impaired immunity (age, illness, treatments), new micro-organisms and increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics, according to WHO.
By Mohammad Ghazal
© Jordan Times 2008
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