Comparison Of Prevalence Of Nosocomial Infections In Opioid Addicts And Non- Addicts AdmittedTo Intensive Care Units

Acquired nosocomial infections include all clinical that the patient does not have at time of admission to hospital and hours after admission, patient's natural flora acquires characteristics become source bacterial for himself. Nosocomial dramatically cause illness death impose high costs on hospitalized patient. Hence, this study tends compare prevalence in opium consumers healthy patients admitted intensive care units Bahonar Kerman 2018.This cohort was performed two groups 100 including one group opioid addicts non-addicts Kerman. The were compared terms infections, site infection, type infectious agent, while units. In study, 197 studied, whom 161 (81.7%) male 36 (18.3%) female; 98 (49.75%) had a history addiction, 99 (50.25%) them no drug use. Of 118 (59.9%) infection 79 (40.1%) infections. addicted patients, 41 (41.8%) uninfected 57 (58.2%) infected. Out non-addict 77 (77.8%) 22 (22.2%) Fisher exact test showed incidence significantly higher (p-value = 0.001) but there significant difference between agent 0.547). results our addict than with highest frequency being pneumonia, UTI, wound sepsis, respectively.