Assessing for race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic disparities in central line-associated bloodstream infection risk in a large academic health system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between race and ethnicity and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) while accounting for inherent differences in CLABSI risk related to central venous catheter (CVC) type.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Acute care facilities within an academic healthcare system.

Patients

Adult inpatients from January 2012 through December 2017 with CVC present for ≥2 contiguous days.

Methods

We describe variability in demographics, comorbidities, CVC type/configuration, and CLABSI rate by patient's race and ethnicity. We estimated the unadjusted risk of CLABSI for each demographic and clinical characteristic and then modelled the effect of race on time to CLABSI, adjusting for total parenteral nutrit

SUBMITTER: Gottlieb LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663462 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature