Author/Editor		Lužnik-Bufon, T; Grosek, Š; Škerl, M
Title		Bolnišnične okužbe pri otrocih
Translated title		Hospital-acquired infections in children
Type		članek
Source		Slov Pediatr
Vol. and No.		Letnik 9, št. 2-3
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 159-63
Language		slo
Abstract		Hospitalised neonates and children frequently have severe disease that may require invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. During infancy close contact between the children and caregivers is required. In hospital they are therefore exposed to contact with contaminated hands of staff and contaminated environmental surfaces. Their inability to control their bowels during the first years of life favours the transmission of enteric pathogens. Mouthing behaviours offer easy routes for the transmission of respiratory pathogens. However, a multiplicity of attributes distinguishes the child from the adult and highlights the differences in hospital-acquired infections.
Summary		Zaradi resnosti bolezni so hospitalizirani novorojenčki in drugi otroci pogosto izpostavljeni invazivni diagnostičnim in terapevtskim posegom. Ker potrebujejo tesen stik z negovalnim osebjem, so v bolnišnici izpostavljeni stiku s kontaminiranimi rokami osebja in s kontaminiranim okoljem. Ker v prvih letih svojega življenja niso zdržni pri izločanju, je večja verjetnost za prenos črevesnih patogenih mikroorganizmov. "Oralno" vodenje v tem razvojnem obdobju pa omogoča širjenje mikroorganizmov, ki povzročajo okužbe dihal. Različnost med otrokom in odraslim se zrcali tudi v različnosti glede okužb, pridobljenih v bolnišnici.
Descriptors		CROSS INFECTION CHILD RISK FACTORS HANDWASHING PREVALENCE HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS