Point prevalence survey is useful for introducing effective surveillance of healthcare-associated infections
Autor: | Jaana-Marija Lehtinen, Mari Kanerva, Marjaana Pitkäpaasi |
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Přispěvatelé: | HUS Inflammation Center, Infektiosairauksien yksikkö, Clinicum, Dental infectious diseases, Helsinki University Hospital Area |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Healthcare associated infections
Point prevalence survey medicine.medical_specialty animal structures HALT-2 Prevalence Primary healthcare wards Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Primary care Healthcare-associated infections 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Infection control 030212 general & internal medicine Original Research Article 0303 health sciences High prevalence Surveillance 030306 microbiology business.industry virus diseases 3. Good health Antimicrobial use 3121 General medicine internal medicine and other clinical medicine Emergency medicine Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business |
Zdroj: | Infection Prevention in Practice Infection Prevention in Practice, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 100182-(2021) |
ISSN: | 2590-0889 |
Popis: | Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors Background: In Finland, the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) became obligatory by the renewed Communicable Diseases Act on the 1st March 2017. Aim: To introduce HAI surveillance protocol (HALT-2 by ECDC) in primary care hospitals in the largest hospital district in Finland, and to measure the burden of HAIs and antimicrobial use patterns for improvement. Methods: Two identical point prevalence surveys (PPS) were organized in autumn 2015 and in spring 2017. The infection control persons (ICP) in the hospitals were inducted to the HAI definitions and the study protocol to collect the data with questionnaires on the study days. The data were checked and analyzed by the areal infection control unit. The hospitals were provided feedback of the results and HAI prevention methods. Findings: In 2015, 2218 patients from 22 hospitals and in 2017, 2343 patients from 25 hospitals were studied. The prevalence of HAI was 11% in both surveys (ranges per hospital 4–24% and 4–31%, respectively). Of all HAIs, 37% originated from referring hospitals. Respiratory tract, urinary tract and skin were the most frequent sites of infection. One fourth of all patients received at least one systemic antimicrobial. The process showed that recognition of HAIs may be difficult for non-experienced ICPs. Conclusions: The HALT-2 protocol proved useful in introducing HAI surveillance and prevention in primary care hospitals with active patient transfer from other hospitals and relatively high prevalence of HAI and antimicrobial use. For annually repeated surveys, slightly shorter electronic questionnaires are essential. |
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