Abstract | OBJECTIVES: We report the results of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium prospective surveillance study from January 2004 to December 2009 in 33 pediatric intensive care units of 16 countries and the impact of being in a private vs. public hospital and the income country level on device-associated health care-associated infection rates. Additionally, we aim to compare these findings with the results of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network annual report to show the differences between developed and developing countries regarding device-associated health care-associated infection rates. PATIENTS: METHODS: The protocol and methodology implemented were developed by International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium. Data collection was performed in the participating intensive care units. Data uploading and analyses were conducted at International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium headquarters on proprietary software. Device-associated health care-associated infection rates were recorded by applying Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network device-associated infection definitions, and the impact of being in a private vs. public hospital and the income country level on device-associated infection risk was evaluated. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Country socioeconomic level influence device-associated infection rates in developing countries and need to be considered when comparing device-associated infections from one country to another.
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Authors | Victor D Rosenthal, William R Jarvis, Silom Jamulitrat, Cristiane Pavanello Rodrigues Silva, Bala Ramachandran, Lourdes Dueñas, Vaidotas Gurskis, Gulden Ersoz, María Guadalupe Miranda Novales, Ilham Abu Khader, Khaldi Ammar, Nayide Barahona Guzmán, Josephine Anne Navoa-Ng, Zeinab Salah Seliem, Teodora Atencio Espinoza, Cheong Yuet Meng, Kushlani Jayatilleke, International Nosocomial Infection Control Members |
Journal | Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
(Pediatr Crit Care Med)
Vol. 13
Issue 4
Pg. 399-406
(Jul 2012)
ISSN: 1529-7535 [Print] United States |
PMID | 22596065
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Catheter-Related Infections
(epidemiology)
- Cross Infection
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Developing Countries
- Guideline Adherence
- Hand Disinfection
- Humans
- Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
(epidemiology)
- Prospective Studies
- Social Class
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