Korean J Nosocomial Infect Control.  2006 Dec;11(2):105-112.

Characteristics of Hospitals Participating in the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System 2006

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
  • 2Division of Infection Control Team, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
  • 3Department of Clinical Nursing, University of UIsan, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Infection Control Unit, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine Wonju, Korea.
  • 5Division of Infectious Diseases, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine Wonju, Korea.
  • 6Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine Wonju, Korea.
  • 7Division of Infectious Diseases, Dongguk University International Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
  • 8Infection Control Office, Dongguk University International Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
  • 9Infection Control Service, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 10Division of Infectious Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 11Division of Infectious Diseases, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 12Infection Control Office, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 13Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 14Center for Infection Control, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. tychoi@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS) operating since July 2006 is the first nationwide monitoring system for nosocomial infections in the in the intensive care unit (lCU) with a standard protocol and web-based prompt response network in Korea. This report describes the characteristics of the KONIS hospitals compared with those of all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over.
METHODS
A survey was conducted for the 44 hospitals participating in KONIS 2006, and the data were rechecked by the KONIS hospitals through KONIS web-network. The survey form included questions about the size of the hospital, infection control personnel, nursing personnel, and the status of microbiologic laboratory.
RESULTS
Compared to all Korean hospitals with 400 beds and over, the KONIS hospitals were larger in term of average number of beds (857 vs 654); the number of hospitals with 700 beds and over was over-represented in Seoul (P=0.01) and under-represented in the central/south area (P<0.001) The majority of the KONIS hospitals were major teaching university-affiliated (88,6%) and private (72.7%), but in the central/south area, public hospitals comprised up to 60%. The number of infection control professionals (ICP) averaged 1.6, hospital beds per ICP 531, and infectious disease physicians 1.3. Medical and medical combined ICUs were the major component (67,1%) of the KONIS ICUs, The lCU bed per nurse was 0.63.
CONCLUSION
The KONIS 2006 hospitals were over-represented in the overall indicators in Seoul. Because no objective indicators were available regarding the patient quality, KONIS data must be interpreted in consideration of all indicators.

Keyword

Intensive care unit; Korean Nosocormial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS); Nosocomial infection

MeSH Terms

Communicable Diseases
Cross Infection*
Hospitals, Public
Humans
Infection Control
Intensive Care Units
Korea
Nursing
Seoul
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