Healthcare-associated infections on the ICU in 21 Brazilian hospitals during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis and may have affected healthcare-associated infections (HAI) prevention strategies. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HAI incidence in Brazilian ICUs.

Methods

This ecological study compared adult patients admitted to the ICU from April through June 2020 (pandemic period) with the same period in 2019 (pre-pandemic period) in 21 Brazilian hospitals. The difference in microbiologically confirmed central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence density (cases per 1,000 patient days), the proportion of organisms that caused HAI, and antibiotic consumption (DDD) between the pandemic and the pre pandemic periods were compared i

SUBMITTER: Porto APM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8987658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature