Malnourished children stand a very high risk of infection as a result of their compromised immunity caused by malnutrion. In this regard if no careful measures are taken in regards to nosocomial infections control in our Hospitals ,admission of these vulnerable children will do more harm than good to them.
This is due to the fact that children will acquire infections while in hospital leading to worsened mortality and morbidity rates.
A study conducted at Muhimbili National Referal Hospital in Dar es salaam Tanzania showed that the incidence of hospital acquired acute bacterial infections among 164 severely malnourished children admitted to the paediatric wards was , 49%/2weeks. Septicaemia and urinary tract infection (UTI) being the commonest infections.
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