The Epidemiology of Healthcare-associated Infections in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent serious complications for patients within pediatric cardiac intensive care units (CICU). HAIs are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and resource utilization. There are few studies describing the epidemiology of HAIs across the entire spectrum of patients (surgical and nonsurgical) receiving care in dedicated pediatric CICUs.

Methods

Retrospective analyses of 22,839 CICU encounters from October 2013 to September 2016 across 22 North American CICUs contributing data to the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium clinical registry.

Results

HAIs occurred in 2.4% of CICU encounters at a rate of 3.3 HAIs/1000 CICU days, with 73% of HAIs occurring in children <1 year. Eighty encounters (14%) had ≥2

SUBMITTER: Alten JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6019633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature