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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital
The COVID-19 pandemic has massively affected healthcare systems globally, causing a possible reduction in attention to traditional infection prevention programs. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the use of antimicrobials in an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091597 |
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author | Deiana, Giovanna Arghittu, Antonella Gentili, Davide Dettori, Marco Palmieri, Alessandra Masia, Maria Dolores Azara, Antonio Castiglia, Paolo |
author_facet | Deiana, Giovanna Arghittu, Antonella Gentili, Davide Dettori, Marco Palmieri, Alessandra Masia, Maria Dolores Azara, Antonio Castiglia, Paolo |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has massively affected healthcare systems globally, causing a possible reduction in attention to traditional infection prevention programs. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the use of antimicrobials in an Italian University Hospital and to investigate whether the intensification of hospital infection control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the prevalence of bacterial HAIs. A point prevalence survey was conducted according to the simplified ECDC protocol. The survey identified a local HAI prevalence of 9.0%, revealing an increase compared to pre-pandemic values (7.3%). The survey also identified an antimicrobial exposure of 40.8%, revealing a decrease in their use compared to the study carried out in the pre-pandemic era (44.6%). Among the organizational challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the greater attention paid to infection prevention measures aimed at reducing SARS-CoV-2, many healthcare facilities had to contend with the controlled availability of personnel, physical space limitations and a large number of patients. Active surveillance in hospital wards and the consequent reporting by personnel specialized in infection control is fundamental for hospitals to recognize gaps in prevention and report any observed increases in HAIs. |
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spelling | pubmed-94985852022-09-23 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital Deiana, Giovanna Arghittu, Antonella Gentili, Davide Dettori, Marco Palmieri, Alessandra Masia, Maria Dolores Azara, Antonio Castiglia, Paolo Healthcare (Basel) Article The COVID-19 pandemic has massively affected healthcare systems globally, causing a possible reduction in attention to traditional infection prevention programs. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the use of antimicrobials in an Italian University Hospital and to investigate whether the intensification of hospital infection control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the prevalence of bacterial HAIs. A point prevalence survey was conducted according to the simplified ECDC protocol. The survey identified a local HAI prevalence of 9.0%, revealing an increase compared to pre-pandemic values (7.3%). The survey also identified an antimicrobial exposure of 40.8%, revealing a decrease in their use compared to the study carried out in the pre-pandemic era (44.6%). Among the organizational challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the greater attention paid to infection prevention measures aimed at reducing SARS-CoV-2, many healthcare facilities had to contend with the controlled availability of personnel, physical space limitations and a large number of patients. Active surveillance in hospital wards and the consequent reporting by personnel specialized in infection control is fundamental for hospitals to recognize gaps in prevention and report any observed increases in HAIs. MDPI 2022-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9498585/ /pubmed/36141209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091597 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Deiana, Giovanna Arghittu, Antonella Gentili, Davide Dettori, Marco Palmieri, Alessandra Masia, Maria Dolores Azara, Antonio Castiglia, Paolo Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title_full | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title_short | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of HAIs and the Use of Antibiotics in an Italian University Hospital |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the prevalence of hais and the use of antibiotics in an italian university hospital |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091597 |
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