Staphylococcus aureus healthcare associated bacteraemia: An indicator of catheter related infections.
Med Mal Infect
; 45(3): 84-8, 2015 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Surveillance of preventable healthcare associated infections and feedback of the results to clinicians is central in the efforts to improve performance. We assessed Staphylococcus aureus healthcare associated bloodstream infection (HA-BSI) as an indicator of healthcare quality. PATIENTS ANDMETHOD:
Between 2002 and 2012, we carried out a ten-year prospective bedside surveillance of S. aureus healthcare associated bacteraemia in a 940-bed university hospital using standard definitions.RESULTS:
Overall, 2784 HA-BSI were identified during the study period, among which 573 (18%) were due to S. aureus. Among these 573 S. aureus bacteraemias, 189 originated from intravascular catheters (32.8%) of which 84% (158/189) in patients outside intensive care units. The proportion of catheter related HA-BSI due to S. aureus was 56% (61/109) in PVC-related HA-BSI and 34% (103/301) in CVC-related HA-BSI. A sharp decrease of PVC-related HA-BSI from 20 to 7 per year was obtained during the same period.CONCLUSION:
In our experience, S. aureus HA-BSI is a simple and useful indicator of catheter associated infections, and therefore of healthcare quality, especially in units not covered by other type of surveillance.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Bacteriemia
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Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à Saúde
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Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Mal Infect
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article