Journal Article

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain

Domènech, Dolors, Peñafiel, Judith, Marrón, Anna, Jiménez-Martínez, Emili, Gasch, Oriol, Pomar, Virginia, García-Quesada, Maria José, Càmara, Jordi, Pujol, Miquel, Moreno, Encarna, Garcia-Alarcón, Xavier, Porrón, Rosario, Limón, Enric, Carmezim, Joao, Badia-Cebada, Laia, Calbo, Esther, Vaqué, Montserrat, Andrés, Marta

2022

Overview

We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We compared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression model and calculated stratified annual root mean squared errors. A total of 10,030 episodes were diagnosed during 2007-2020. During 2020, the observed CRB incidence rate was 0.29/10 patient-days, whereas the predicted CRB rate was 0.14/10 patient-days. The root mean squared error was 0.153. Thus, a substantial increase in hospital-acquired CRB cases was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared with the rate predicted from 2007-2019. The incidence rate was expected to increase by 1.07 (95% CI 1-1.15) for every 1,000 COVID-19-related hospital admissions. We recommend maintaining all CRB prevention efforts regardless of the coexistence of other challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subject: Bacteremia / Bacteremia - etiology / Care and treatment / Catheterization / Catheters / Catheters - adverse effects / Complications and side effects / Control / coronavirus disease / Coronaviruses / COVID-19 / COVID-19 - epidemiology / Cross infection / Diagnosis / Disease transmission / Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain / Epidemics / Epidemiology / Hospitals / Humans / Hygiene / Incidence / Intensive care / Medical instruments / Microorganisms / Nosocomial infections / Pandemics / Patients / Prevention / respiratory infections / Risk factors / SARS / SARS-CoV-2 / Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 / Spain / Spain - epidemiology / Surveillance / Variables / Veins & arteries