Izolacja pacjentów hospitalizowanych w szpitalu specjalistycznym

Isolation is a regular part of any infection prevention program. The main purpose of isolationis 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 measuresand isolation are essential to control the spread of epidemic and endemic microorganisms. Theeffectiveness of isolation depends on the speed with which infectious patient are identified andappropriate precautions are taken.The purpose of this study was to present the implementation of the procedure for preventingthe 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 - monitoringof isolation rooms in operation covering the period from January to May 2024. The analysisincluded 171 isolation cases out of 6667 treated patients at the Józef Dietl Specialist Hospital inKrakow.The largest number of patients was isolated in the Second Department of Internal Medicineand Gastroenterology - 70 patients. In the Orthopedics and Rehabilitation department, therewere no indications of isolation. The highest percentage of patients isolated in relation to thetotal number of hospitalized patients in the analyzed period occurred in the Second Departmentof 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. Theaverage isolation time was the longest for protective isolation and the shortest for air-dust isola-tion.