An eight-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral intravenous catheter-related bloodstream infection rates in 100 intensive care units of 9 countries in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
Víctor Daniel RosenthalGustavo Jorge ChaparroEduardo Alexandrino Servolo-MedeirosDayana Souza-FramDaniela Vieira da Silva EscuderoSandra Milena Gualtero-TrujilloRayo Morfin-OteroEsteban Gonzalez-DiazEduardo Rodriguez-NoriegaMiguel Angel Altuzar-FigueroaGuadalupe Aguirre-AvalosJulio César Mijangos-MéndezFederico Corona-JiménezBlanca Estela Hernandez-ChenaMohamed Rajab Abu-JaradEvelia Maria Diaz-HernandezMaría Guadalupe Miranda-NovalesJosé Guillermo Vázquez-RosalesDaisy Aguilar-De-MorósElizabeth Castaño-GuerraGabriel Munoz-GutierrezNepomuceno MejiaJenia Johana Acebo-ArcentalesGabriela Di-SilvestrePublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
Our PIVCR BSI rates were higher than rates from more economically developed countries and were similar to those of countries with limited resources.