Question

Using the informat exercise, the deaths. information given in the table below, calculate the rates requested. In deaths are included in the discharges. Round to two decimal places. University Hospital Semiannual Statistics July-December 20XX No. of Discharges (includes Deaths) No. of Deaths Service Medicine No. of Nosocomial Infections 2.469 2,890 201 144 785 786 Surgery Obstetrics Psychiatry Rehabilitation Pediatrics Newborn 847 945 791 Total Answers: Gross death rate for each service: Total gross death rate: Hospital-acquired infection rate for each service: Total hospital-acquired infection rate for the semiannual period:

Answer 1

Answer 1. Gross death rate in:-

a) Medicine-- 201/2469 x 1000; = 81.41%

b) Surgery-- 144/2890 X 1000; = 49.83%

c) Obstetrics-- 2/785 X 1000; = 2.54%

d) Psychiatry-- 1/786 X 1000; = 1.27%

e) Rehabilitation-- 18/847 X 1000; = 21.25%

f) Pediatrics-- 3/945 X 1000; = 3.17%

g) Newborn-- 1/791 X 1000;= 1.26%

Answer 2. Total gross death rate:-

Total deaths/ total population x 1000;

370/9513 X 1000; = 38.89%

Answer 3. Nosocomial infection rate:-

a) Medicine-- 52/2268 x 1000; = 22.92%

b) Surgery-- 56/2746 X 1000; = 20.39%

c) Obstetrics-- 6/783 X 1000; = 7.66%

d) Psychiatry-- 4/785 X 1000; = 5.10%

e) Rehabilitation-- 27/829 X 1000; = 32.56%

f) Pediatrics-- 3/941 X 1000; = 3.18%

g) Newborn-- 1/790 X 1000; = 1.26%

Answer 4. Total Nosocomial infection rate:-

149/9142 X 1000; = 16.29%.