ASEPSIS – POINT OF CONSCIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM

Summary

INTRODUCTION:
The objective is to point out possibilities of prevention of nosocomial infects in Department of Surgery of a small hospital providing also larger care for trauma patients.

MATERIAL AND METHOD:
The evaluation was based on reported nosocomial infects, on conclusions of weekly workshops of the Dept. of Surgery aimed at treatment complications and on results of microbiological examinations.

RESULTS:
The group of patients with a nosocomial infect in the period of 2003-2007 was evaluated, with emphasis on personal responsibility of health workers shared in medical and nursing treatment. Two most frequent groups of nosoco-mial infects are analysed in detail – the early infects and the infects of bloodstream.

CONCLUSION:
The existence of nosocomial infects is probably unavoidable. Their occurrence and development can however upset the present successful treatment. The prevention and the right nursing technique are preferable in all respects than the following treatment of such infects. The personal responsibility of all staff members can be summarised to the challenge: „The asepsis is the point of conscience and professionalism“ [3, 1].

Key words:
nosocomial infects, early infects, infects of bloodstream, asepsis.