The Social Problem of Nosocomial Infection ：An Analysis of Newspaper Articles

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  • SATO Yoshiko
    Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka Prefecture University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences（Doctor's Course）, Nara Women's University

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  • 院内感染の社会問題化に関する一考察 −新聞記事の分析を通して－
  • 院内感染の社会問題化に関する一考察 : 新聞記事の分析を通して
  • インナイ カンセン ノ シャカイ モンダイカ ニ カンスル イチ コウサツ : シンブン キジ ノ ブンセキ オ トオシテ

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This study clarifies the social problem of nosocomial infection. The data for analysis were newspaper articles found through searches for the keyword “nosocomial infection.” The social problem of nosocomial infection began when doctors alerted the public to the problem of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus （MRSA） in the 1980s. In the 1990s, newspaper articles on the subject including articles on lawsuits began to appear. As a result of public interest in the subject, the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a notification to the public on nosocomial infection control. The features of the social problem of nosocomial infection include that a sub-category of nosocomial infection, nosocomial infection caused by resistant bacteria, became a social issue. Doctors recognized that nosocomial infection by resistant bacteria is a problem beyond the responsibility of individual medical institutions and medical staff.

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