Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units
Surveillance results: 2016-2017
From April 1st, 2016, to March 31st, 2017, 69 intensive care units (ICUs) took part in surveillance of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), for a combined total of 135,114 catheter days (Table 1). Participating ICUs report 133 CLABSIs in 125 patients. Incidence rates are 0.91 per 1,000 catheter days in coronary ICUs, 0.62 in teaching adult ICUs, 0.46 in non-teaching adult ICUs, 2.16 in pediatric ICUs and 2.78 in neonatal ICUs. The incidence rates in 2016–2017 are lower compared to 2012–2016 in neonatal ICUs while they remain statistically stable in other ICU types. Compared to 2015-2016, one adult non-teaching ICUs with less than 10 beds has stopped…
Surveillance provinciale des infections nosocomiales