Retrospective study evaluates nursing workload and its relation to infection rates in a university hospital.
Key Points
This research aims to analyze surveillance data of healthcare-associated infections in a plastic surgery department and assess its relation to nursing and assistant physician workload.
Retrospective, descriptive, and correlational design
Included 15,780 patients and 46,390 patient days from 2020–2025
Examined infection rates and their correlation with nursing workload.
Overall infection rate was 0.38%, with a density of 1.29‰.
Highest infection rate recorded was 0.74% in 2023, correlating with peak workload.
The most common infections were caused by Acinetobacter baumannii (26.8%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (25.0%).
Cite This Study
Fatma Ezgi YORGANCILAR (2026) studied this question.