Research Article

Surveillance System and Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in a Maternity Hospital

Table 1

Type of infections among Ob-Gyn patients developing HAIs in maternity clinics during the 30-day period prevalence survey.

Type of infectionNumber of infected patientsPercentage of infected patients

Fever of unknown origin1034%
Surgical site infection723%
Gastroenteritis310%
Urinary tract infection27%
Urinary tract infection and lower respiratory system infection27%
Mastitis27%
Mastitis and lower respiratory system infection13%
Uterine infection13%
Chorioamnionitis13%
Thrombophlebitis13%