Background: Critically ill patients in ICU are exposed to high risk of hospital acquired infections. In recent years, the multi drug resistant microorganisms (MDR) represent the most worrying epidemiological problem.
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between isolation precautions and nursing workload.
Methods: We studied patients who had an infection by MDR, subject to isolation precautions, and measured their NAS score during stay in ICU. MDR infections of studied patients were: Acinetobacter Baumannii, Klebsiella KPC, MRSA, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens e Clostridium difficile. Isolation precutions wer identified by color code (green, yellow, red).
Results: We studied 44 patients during the year 2012. NAS average was 81.54 ± 10.25. NAS average for "green code" patients was 81.25 ± 22.12, for "yellow code" patients was 82.57 ± 11.25 and for "red code" patients was 79.06 ± 29.12.
Discussion: the presence of isolation precautions seems to have no influence on nursing workload measured by NAS score, except for Acinetobacter Baumannii infection. Further research will be needed for better evaluation of this topic.
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