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Healthcare-associated infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the modulating effect of centralized surveillance.

Graham M SnyderSuzanne WagesterPatricia L HarrisAbby L ValekJacob C HodgesAndrew L BilderbackFazrina KaderColleen A TannerAmy P MetzgerSusan E DiNucciBonnie V ColaianneAshley ChungRachel L ZapfPaula L KipTamra E Minnier
Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)
We analyzed efficacy of a centralized surveillance infection prevention (CSIP) program in a healthcare system on healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. HAI rates were variable in CSIP and non-CSIP facilities. Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), C. difficile infection (CSI), and surgical-site infection (SSI) rates were negatively correlated with COVID-19 intensity in CSIP facilities.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • healthcare
  • surgical site infection
  • public health
  • signaling pathway
  • escherichia coli
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • high intensity
  • klebsiella pneumoniae
  • social media
  • health information