Socioeconomic impact on device-associated infections in limited-resource neonatal intensive care units: findings of the INICC.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of country socioeconomic status and hospital type on device-associated healthcare-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). METHODS:Data were collected on DA-HAIs from September 2003 to February 2010 on 13,251 patients in 30 NICUs in 15 countries. DA-HAIs were defined using criteria formulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Country socioeconomic status was defined using World Bank criteria. RESULTS:Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLA-BSI) rates in NICU patients were significantly lower in private than academic hospitals (10.8 vs. 14.3 CLA-BSI per 1,000 catheter-days; p < 0.03), but not different in public and academic hospitals (14.6 vs. 14.3 CLA-BSI per 1,000 catheter-days; p = 0.86). NICU patient CLA-BSI rates were significantly higher in low-income countries than in lower-middle-income countries or upper-middle-income countries [37.0 vs. 11.9 (p < 0.02) vs. 17.6 (p < 0.05) CLA-BSIs per 1,000 catheter-days, respectively]. Ventilator-associated-pneumonia (VAP) rates in NICU patients were significantly higher in academic hospitals than in private or public hospitals [13.2 vs. 2.4 (p < 0.001) vs. 4.9 (p < 0.001) VAPs per 1,000 ventilator days, respectively]. Lower-middle-income countries had significantly higher VAP rates than low-income countries (11.8 vs. 3.8 per 1,000 ventilator-days; p < 0.001), but VAP rates were not different in low-income countries and upper-middle-income countries (3.8 vs. 6.7 per 1,000 ventilator-days; p = 0.57). When examined by hospital type, overall crude mortality for NICU patients without DA-HAIs was significantly higher in academic and public hospitals than in private hospitals (5.8 vs. 12.5%; p < 0.001). In contrast, NICU patient mortality among those with DA-HAIs was not different regardless of hospital type or country socioeconomic level. CONCLUSIONS:Hospital type and country socioeconomic level influence DA-HAI rates and overall mortality in developing countries.

journal_name

Infection

journal_title

Infection

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Rosenthal VD,Lynch P,Jarvis WR,Khader IA,Richtmann R,Jaballah NB,Aygun C,Villamil-Gómez W,Dueñas L,Atencio-Espinoza T,Navoa-Ng JA,Pawar M,Sobreyra-Oropeza M,Barkat A,Mejía N,Yuet-Meng C,Apisarnthanarak A,International N

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10.1007/s15010-011-0136-2

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-01 00:00:00

pages

439-50

issue

5

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0300-8126

issn

1439-0973

journal_volume

39

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