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Title: | Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain |
Author: | 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, Jordi Andrés, Marta Peñafiel, Judith Porrón, Rosario Limón, Enric Calbo, Esther Pujol, Miquel |
Keywords: | Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020- Catèters Bacteriologia mèdica COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Catheters Medical bacteriology |
Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2022 |
Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
Abstract: | 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. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.220547 |
It is part of: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, vol. 28, num. 11, p. 2181-2189 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/192169 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.220547 |
ISSN: | 1080-6059 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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