Health-care associated infection rates among adult patients in Bahrain military hospital : a cross sectional survey

Abstract EN

Background / Objective : Health-care associated infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality with their prevalence varying between countries and hospitals.

There are no published studies of health-care associated infections in hospitals in Bahrain and few in general military hospitals.

Setting : Bahrain Defense Force Hospital.

Design : Survey.

The aim study is to establish the prevalence of health-care associated infections in a general military hospital in Bahrain.

Method: A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 500 medical records in the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of health-care associated infections.

Result: Four health-care associated infections were recorded-a prevalence of 0.87 % (95 % CI 0.34-2.22).

Two of the infections were surgical site infections while the other two were skin infections.

Conclusion : This study revealed that the prevalence of health-care associated infections is lower than recorded in most published studies.