Healthcare-associated infections: from challenges in morbidity registration to a contemporary situation assessment (literature review)

Duk N. A.¹

Lukyanenko N. V.¹

Shchuchinova L. Yu.¹

1Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 656031, Altai Territory, Barnaul, Lenin street 40

Duk Nadezhda; e-mail: duk130896@gmail.com

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of millions of patients around the world experience medical-related infections every year. In developed countries, such infections occur in 5-15% of those hospitalized, and in countries with limited resources, the risk increases by 2-20 times.  Over the past two decades, about 30 thousand cases of ISMP have been registered in Russia annually, but experts believe the real number is much higher – up to 2-2.5 million people. The purpose of the study is to analyze the literature review on the current state of the problem of the spread of infections associated with medical care. Current literary sources of domestic and foreign authors were used as materials and methods. The literature was searched in such databases as PubMed and Elibrary. As a result of the conducted research, it was established that infectious diseases associated with the provision of medical care remain an important problem requiring comprehensive measures and interdisciplinary cooperation. The insufficient effectiveness of epidemiological surveillance leads to an underestimation of the importance of the prevention of ISMP and reduces the effectiveness of the fight against these infections. The issue of the formation of resistance of many microorganisms to antibiotics and disinfectants emphasizes the importance of inter-bacterial interactions in improving the effectiveness of therapeutic, diagnostic and preventive measures.

accounting and registration of ISMP, prevention of ISMP, antibiotic resistance, epidemiology

10.29234/2308-9113-2025-13-4-57-71

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