Increase in PVC-BSI during the second COVID-19 pandemic year: analysis of catheter and patient characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing nosocomial infections during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported. However, data describing peripheral venous catheter associated bloodstream infections (PVC-BSI) are limited.

Aims

To describe the epidemiology and risk factors for PVC-BSI during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected PVC-BSI data in a 2100 bed hospital network in Switzerland. Adult patients with a PVC inserted between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021 were included. Risk factors for PVC-BSI were identified through descriptive analysis of patient and catheter characteristics, and univariable marginal Cox models.

Results

206,804 PVCs and 37 PVC-BSI were analysed. Most PVC-BSI were attributed to catheters inse

SUBMITTER: Pianca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463163 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature