ArticleLe infezioni in medicina2023
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic resistance and consumption rates in intensive care units.
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Abstract
Purpose: This paper aimed to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), antibiotic resistance and consumption rates in intensive care units (ICUs) of a tertiary care university hospital. Patients and Methods: Between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2021, adult patients diagnosed with HAIs in ICUs were investigated retrospectively. Patients were divided into pre-pandemic (2018-2019) and pandemic periods (2020-2021). Antibiotic consumption index was calculated via using the formula of (total dose (grams)/defined daily dose (DDD) x total patient days) x1000. A p value below 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. Results: The incidence of HAIs (per 1000 patient days) in the ICU of COVID-19 patients was 16.59, while it was 13.42 in the other ICUs during the pandemic period (p=0.107). The bloodstream infection (BSI) incidence was 3.32 in the pre-pandemic period and 5.41 in the pandemic period in ICUs other than the ICU of COVID-19 patients (p<0.001). In the pandemic period, the BSI incidence rate was significantly higher in the ICU of COVID-19 patients than in the other ICUs (14.26 vs 5.41, p<0.001). Central venous catheter bloodstream infections incidence rate was 4.72 in the pre-pandemic and 7.52 in the pandemic period in ICUs other than the ICU of COVID-19 patients (p=0.0019). During the pandemic period, the bacteraemia episode rates of Conclusions: BSI and CVCBSI incidence rates were significantly increased in all ICUs after the COVID-19 pandemic in our hospital. Bacteraemia episode rates of
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