The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of positive blood cultures in Swiss intensive care units: a nationwide surveillance study.

Lauro DamontiAndreas KronenbergJonas MarschallPhilipp JentRami SommersteinMarlieke E A De KrakerStephan HarbarthMichael GasserNiccolò Buetti

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)

An increase in blood culture contaminations and ICU-BSIs was observed during the second COVID-19 pandemic wave, especially in months when the ICU burden of COVID-19 patients was high.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
risk factors
public health
sars cov
acute respiratory distress syndrome