Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System in State of São Paulo, 2005 data analysis

Abstract

 Epidemiological surveillance (VE) of nosocomial infections (IH) intends to measure the occurrence of this event  and to assess its endemical levels. With the objective of producing data by means of which immediate actions and program planning could be established and evaluated, the Division of Nosocomial Infection of the Center for      Epidemiological Surveillance (CVE) presents the data analysis from the Epidemiological Surveillance System of  the IH of the State of São Paulo, established in 2004, which was set up in critical and surgical unities. Selected  specific indicators evaluated the major infectious syndromes in populations at higher risk. Adhesion to the  notification system, in 60% of the cadastred hospitals (534/896) was higher, in comparison to the levels of 2004.      Reporting was constant throughout the year, with an average of 398 reporting hospitals per month. Data reporting  occurred according to the characteristic of the attention offered by each unit: 456 (85,4%) of the hospitals reported   the chart 1, with data from clean surgeries; 275 (51,5%) reported chart 2, with data from Adults, Pediatrics and  Coronary Intensive Care Units (UTI) and 124 (23,2%) reported data from Newborn Intensive Care Units (Chart 3). For each of the indicators, percental distribution of rates was performed. We concluded there was a  improvement of the adhesion to the Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System, though there us the need to  improve the quality of the information.