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 Zapf Paula 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
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
signaling pathway
escherichia coli
quality improvement
multidrug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae
high intensity