Izolacja pacjentów hospitalizowanych w szpitalu specjalistycznym

Isolation is a regular part of any infection prevention program. The main purpose of isolation
is to create a barrier to prevent the spread of microorganisms from an infected or colonized per-
son to other patients, hospital visitors and health care workers. The use of protective measures
and isolation are essential to control the spread of epidemic and endemic microorganisms. The
effectiveness of isolation depends on the speed with which infectious patient are identified and
appropriate precautions are taken.
The purpose of this study was to present the implementation of the procedure for preventing
the spread of nosocomial infections in a specialty hospital.
The research method used was documentoscopy, classified as a quantitative research method.
The technique used was a retrospective analysis of Hospital Infection Control Team documen-
tation. The documentation of the Hospital Infection Control Team was analyzed - monitoring
of isolation rooms in operation covering the period from January to May 2024. The analysis
included 171 isolation cases out of 6667 treated patients at the Józef Dietl Specialist Hospital in
Krakow.
The largest number of patients was isolated in the Second Department of Internal Medicine
and Gastroenterology - 70 patients. In the Orthopedics and Rehabilitation department, there
were no indications of isolation. The highest percentage of patients isolated in relation to the
total number of hospitalized patients in the analyzed period occurred in the Second Department
of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and amounted to 8.13%. Most isolations were con-
ducted due to influenza A virus. There were also repeated isolations of the same patients.
Infectious diseases are most often transmitted by contact and airborne droplet routes. The
average isolation time was the longest for protective isolation and the shortest for air-dust isola-
tion.