Name:Alondra A.

Sagario

Class Schedule: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Course & Year: BS MEDTECH 3B

Name of Instructor: Mrs. Emily Cadelina

Subject: Research

Date of Submission: October 28, 2021

RESEARCHCLASSACTIVITY

1. Research problem

• Bacterial Etiology of Bloodstream Infections and

Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns from a Tertiary

Care Hospital in Male´, Maldives

2. Objectives of the study

• To identify the bacteria causing bloodstream

infection.

• To aim an analysis of the blood culture samples

in Maldives.

3. Significance of the study

 • Bloodstream infections pose a significant health

problem worldwide and is a major cause of

morbidity and mortality in many countries. It is

important to have country-specific data for major

pathogens causing bloodstream infections, in

light of emerging resistance patterns of common

bacterial isolates

4. Rationale of the study

• provides a baseline insight into the bacterial

etiology of bloodstream infections both in

pediatric and adult populations

5. Research design

• Experimental Research

6. Selection of test organisms

• Blood culture samples received at the

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Indira

Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives

7. Sampling size

• 471 culture-positive samples, 278 were males

and

193 were females

8. Method of data collection

• retrospective analysis of blood culture samples

• statistical analysis

9. Data analysis tool

• The data were analyzed using chi-square (χ2),

independent samples t-test, and frequency

distributions

10. Number of references/literatures

• 32 references/literatures