Device-associated infections in a paediatric intensive care unit in Pakistan

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• 作者：A. Haque^a ; ^{anwar.haq@aku.edu} ; S.A. Ahmed^a ; Z. Rafique^a ; ^b ; Q. Abbas^a ; H. Jurair^a ; S.A. Ali^a
• 关键词：Device-associated infection ; Paediatric intensive care unit ; Children ; Incidence ; Outcome
• 刊名：Journal of Hospital Infection
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：95
• 期：1
• 页码：98-100
• 全文大小：258 K
• 卷排序：95

文摘

This study assessed the effect of implementation of active infection control and surveillance on the occurrence of device-associated infections (DAIs) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from 2012 to 2015. There were 1378 patients, equating to 4632 patient-days, on the PICU, and 29 DAI episodes, giving an incidence rate of 2.1% and an incidence density rate of 6.26 per 1000 patient-days. The rates of central-line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-related urinary tract infections were 7/1000 central-line-days, 1.17/1000 ventilator-days and 0.24/1000 urinary-catheter-days, respectively. Despite the overall low rate of DAIs in the PICU, there was a relatively high rate of central-line-associated bloodstream infections.