INTRODUCTION: The @entity1 in the neurosurgical ward are exposed to many risk factors causing @entity580 . These factors are related to operations, invasive diagnosing and monitoring of the nervous system and mechanical support of vital functions. Therefore, the objective of the undertaken studies was to assess the prevalence and structure of the @entity281 ( @entity281 ) in @entity1 hospitalized in the neurosurgical ward in the St. Lukas District Hospital in Tarn  w. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The analyzed data concerned 13,351 @entity1 hospitalized from 2003 to 2012. To analyze the data, the standard epidemiological methods and standardized definitions of @entity580 proposed by European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) were used (1, 2). RESULTS: 516 cases of @entity580 were detected. The most common @entity281 among these cases were surgical site @entity281 (SSI). The number of SSIs cases was 140 and cumulative incidence rate (CI) per 100 operations was 1.72%, including: 52 cases of craniotomy (CRAN) (CI per 100 operations was 2.44%); 50 cases of spinal fusion (FUSN) (CI was 3.32%); 24 cases of laminectomy (LAM) (CI was 0.93%); 10 cases of ventricular shunt operations (VSHN) (CI was 3.75%); 4 cases of other operations (OTH) (CI was 0.23%). The second most common @entity281 were bloodstream @entity281 (BSI) with 128 cases (CI was 0.96%), including: 91 cases of primary BSI and 37 cases of secondary BSI and the incidence density rate (ID) was 4.75 per 1000 central catheter days. The third most common @entity281 was @entity55 ( @entity55 ) with 127 cases (CI was 1.02%), with incidence density rate of 51.07 per 1000 intubation-days. The next most common detected @entity281 were @entity293 ( @entity293 ) with 74 cases (CI was 0.58%). This type of @entity281 included: 65 cases of @entity281 associated with a urinary catheter and 9 cases not associated with a urinary catheter. The incidence density for @entity293 with a urinary catheter was 1.93 per 1000 urinary catheter days. The list of detected @entity281 is closed by @entity344 ( @entity344 ) with 35 cases (CI was 0.23%) and the skin and soft tissue @entity281 (SST) with 12 cases (CI was 0.07%). The etiological agent that was most frequently isolated from materials gathered from @entity1 diagnosed with SSI, BSI and SST was @entity794 . @entity3064 was the most frequently detected in the cases of @entity55 , @entity526 in the cases of @entity293 , and @entity2718 in the cases of @entity344 . CONCLUSIONS: Ten-year observation of @entity281 detected in the neurosurgery ward gave the possibility to conduct a thorough epidemiological analysis of prevalence of @entity580 with recommendation aiming at reasons for prevention. KEY WORDS: @entity580 ( @entity281 ), neurosurgery, surgical site @entity281 , bloodstream @entity281 , @entity293 , @entity55 .

The analysis of the occurrence of XXXX in the neurosurgical ward in the District Hospital from 2003-2012.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['PN', 'pneumonia'] @entity794 :: ('1280', 'Species') :: ['Staphylococcus aureus'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal system infections', 'GI'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['healthcare-associated infections', 'infection', 'infections', 'HAI'] @entity580 :: ('MESH:D003428', 'Disease') :: ['nosocomial infections'] @entity3064 :: ('470', 'Species') :: ['Acinetobacter baumannii'] @entity293 :: ('MESH:D014552', 'Disease') :: ['urinary tract infections', 'UTI'] @entity526 :: ('562', 'Species') :: ['Escherichia coli'] @entity2718 :: ('1496', 'Species') :: ['Clostridium difficile']
@entity580 :: (MESH:D003428,Disease) :: ['nosocomial infections']
