Inhospital death due to nosocomial infection No report for 7 months Osaka October 17 14:14
In Osaka Daito City Hospital, 19 hospitalized patients were infected with bacteria to which antibiotics hardly worked, and one of them was found to have died of a disease that could be caused by infection. The hospital did not report to the health center as required by law for seven months.
Nosocomial infections occurred at “Hanna Hospital” in Daito City, Osaka.
According to the hospital, 19 patients aged 58 to 97 who had been hospitalized with tuberculosis for about two years until August were infected with a bacterium called “multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter” to which antibiotics hardly worked. is.
Of these, a 71-year-old male patient died in January due to an exacerbation of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection.
When an onset is confirmed, it is necessary to report it to the health center within 7 days, but the hospital has not reported it for 7 months until August, and it means that the health center has been very careful.
On the other hand, the other 18 people have said that 17 people have died so far, but the hospital says that there was no causal relationship with infection.
“I forgot to report to the public health center, and I could n’t share enough information in the hospital, and I am apologizing deeply.” .