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

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

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Autores: Gasch, Oriol, Badia Cebada, Laia, Carmezim, Joao, Vaqué, Montserrat, Pomar, Virginia, Moreno, Encarna, Marrón, Anna, Jiménez Martínez, Emilio, García Quesada, Maria José, Garcia Alarcón, Xavier, Domènech, Dolors, Càmara Mas, Jordi, Andrés, Marta, Peñafiel, Judith, Porrón, Rosario, Limón, Enric, Calbo, Esther, Pujol Rojo, Miquel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/192169
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192169
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Catèters
Bacteriologia mèdica
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Catheters
Medical bacteriology
Descrição
Resumo:We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacte-remia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We com-pared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression model and calcu-lated 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 0.29/103 patient-days, whereas the predicted CRB rate was 0.14/103 patient-days. The root mean squared er-ror 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-re-lated 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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