Introduction: Health care-associated infection is an infection acquired during\nthe care delivered in the hospital or in any other care establishment which\nwas neither present, nor in incubation at the admission of the patient or at\nthe time of delivering the care or which does not manifest itself only after the\npatient has been discharged or an infection contracted by the professional in\nthe course of his duties. Objectives: To identify mean causative germs and to\ndetermine their sensitivity to antibiotics and to identify the risk factors of\nhealth care-associated infection. Material and methods: It was about a prospective\nlongitudinal study conducted from November 1, 2017 to April 1, 2018\n(6 months) in all children admitted to the pediatric surgery service.\nNon-consenting parents and outpatient necrosectomy case have not been included\nin this study. Results: This study included 200 patients, of whom 30\nexperienced the hospital acquired infections with an infection rate of 15%.\nThe surgical site infection was the most common type, with 16 cases (53.3%),\nfollowed by burns in 13 cases (43.3%) and urinary tract infection in 1 case\n(3.3%). The average age of patients with infection was 56.33...................
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