Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection and pandemic period on healthcare-associated infections acquired in intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the occurrence of healthcare-associated infections acquired in intensive care units (HAI-ICUs) in France among patients with COVID-19 and those without it in 2020 and the latter with that in patients before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Multicentre HAI-ICU surveillance network (REA-REZO) data were used to identify 3 groups: 2019 patients (2019Control), a COVID-19 group (2020Cov), and a non-COVID-19 group (2020NonCov). The primary outcome was the occurrence of HAI-ICU (ventilator-associated pneumonia [VAP], bloodstream infections [BSIs], catheter-related bacteraemia). Standardized infection ratios of VAP were calculated for each quarter in 2020 and compared with those in 2019.

Results

A total of 30 105 patients were included in 2020: 23 798 in th

SUBMITTER: Lepape A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9613804 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature