Background and Aim :
Nosocomial infections are one of the most important health problems that always affect the quality of health services in hospitals and increase hospitalization costs, duration of treatment, the spread of various infections in the community and even the mortality of hospitalized patients. In recent years, it has increased all over the world. Therefore, the present study was designed and conducted to investigate the epidemiological aspects of bacterial nosocomial infections in the
intensive care unit of Khorramabad shohadaye Ashayer Hospital in the first ۹ months of ۲۰۱۹. Methods : This study was a cross-sectional study that was performed on all patients admitted to Khorramabad shohadaye Ashayer Hospital in Khorramabad shohadaye Ashayer Hospital for ۹ months from the beginning of April ۲۰۱۹ to the end of December ۲۰۱۹. He was tested in the
intensive care unit of this hospital with suspected nosocomial infection. The collected information was entered into SPSS software version ۲۲ and to determine the descriptive objectives of the study, frequency calculation as well as mean and standard deviation according to the type of variable were used.Results : In this study, out of ۹۱۷ patients admitted to ICUs and intensive care units of Shohada-e-Ashayer Hospital, ۹۲ patients contracted nosocomial infections with a prevalence of ۱۰%. ۶۴.۱%) and ۳۳ women (۳۵.۹%) with a mean age of ۶۱.۲۳ ۱۸. ۱۸.۶۴ years. The youngest patient was ۱۸ years old and the oldest was ۹۵ years old. The highest prevalence of nosocomial infection was due to catheter infection (۴۰.۳%) followed by urinary tract infection (۳۳.۷%). The highest antibiotic resistance to cotrimoxazole (۸۰.۴%), ceftriaxone (۷۲.۸%), ceftazidime (۷۲.۸%) and the highest antibiotic susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (۲۶.۱%) and amikacin (۲۳.۹%). ) Was seen. The highest frequency of bacteria isolated from the culture of the studied patients was related to Acinetobacter (۲۸.۳%).Conclusion : According to the results of the present study, it can be concluded that the prevention of nosocomial infections requires careful and calculated activities and programs that can be used for the correct and timely use of medical interventions to limit the transmission of microorganisms through washing. Hands were especially noted by medical staff, infection monitoring and epidemic diagnosis and control, health education and ongoing hospital-level monitoring, proper use of disposable items, controlled use of antibiotics, and careful wound care.