Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain

We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We compared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression...

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Autores: Gasch Blasi, Oriol|||0000-0001-8518-458X, Badia Cebada, Laia|||0000-0002-9321-8492, Carmezim, João, Vaqué, Montserrat, Pomar, Virginia|||0000-0002-8473-5834, Moreno, Encarna, Marrón, Anna, Jiménez Martínez, Emili, García Quesada, María José|||0000-0002-0206-7597, Garcia Alarcón, Xavier, Domènech, Dolors, Càmara, Jordi|||0000-0002-0817-0931, Andrés Nieto, Marta|||0000-0001-5267-0039, Peñafiel, Judith|||0009-0006-6688-6395, Porrón, Rosario, Limón, Enric|||0000-0002-5396-1521, Calbo Sebastián, Esther|||0000-0001-7750-5347, Pujol, Miquel|||0000-0002-6475-6208
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:280903
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/280903
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3201/eid2811.220547
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bacteremia
Catheters
COVID-19
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
Spain
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Sumario:We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We compared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression model and calculated stratified annual root mean squared errors. A total of 10,030 episodes were diagnosed during 2007-2020. During 2020, the observed CRB incidence rate was 0.29/10 patient-days, whereas the predicted CRB rate was 0.14/10 patient-days. The root mean squared error was 0.153. Thus, a substantial increase in hospital-acquired CRB cases was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared with the rate predicted from 2007-2019. The incidence rate was expected to increase by 1.07 (95% CI 1-1.15) for every 1,000 COVID-19-related hospital admissions. We recommend maintaining all CRB prevention efforts regardless of the coexistence of other challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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