Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Rong Rong, Lanxi Lin, Yongjie Yang, Shumin Zhao, Ruiling Guo, Junpeng Ye, Xinghua Zhu, Qiong Wen, Dayue Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07952-9
Popis: Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to demonstrate both the four-year prevalence trend of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in a large tertiary hospital and the trend regarding the prevalence of HAIs following the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in order to provide evidence of hospital infection management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Based on the hospital’s electronic nosocomial infection databases related to HAIs, we retrospectively identified the HAI cases to assess the epidemiological characteristics of HAIs from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021, in a large tertiary hospital in China. Similarly, the trends of HAIs after the COVID-19 outbreak and the seasonal variation of HAIs were further analyzed. Results The HAI cases (n = 7833) were identified from the inpatients (n = 483,258) during the 4 years. The most frequently occurring underlying cause of HAIs was respiratory tract infections (44.47%), followed by bloodstream infections (11.59%), and urinary tract infections (8.69%). The annual prevalence of HAIs decreased from 2.39% in 2018 to 1.41% in 2021 (P = 0.032), with the overall prevalence of HAIs significantly decreasing since the outbreak of COVID-19 (2.20% in 2018–2019 vs. 1.44% in 2020–2021, P
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