Surveillance System of Hemodialysis-Associated Infections in a Pediatric Unit

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 521 - 523
• Main Authors: Sucupira, Carolina, Abramczyk, Marcelo Luiz, de Abreu Carvalhaes, João Tomas, de Moraes-Pinto, Maria Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01-05-2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adults; Ambulatory Care Facilities; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Antibiotics; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Catheters; Child; Child health services; Child, Preschool; Concise Communication; Cross Infection - etiology; Dialysis; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Fistulas; Humans; Infections; Intensive care medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Nursing; Patient surveillance; Pediatrics; Population Surveillance - methods; Prospective Studies; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Renal Dialysis - adverse effects; Brazil; Human; Infection; Extrarenal dialysis; Pediatrics; Surveillance; Hemodialysis; Child; Public health
• ISSN: 0899-823X; 1559-6834
• DOI: 10.1086/665312

The bloodstream infection surveillance system proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was prospectively conducted in a pediatric hemodialysis unit. Thirty patients were included; 73% had a catheter for vascular access at enrollment. Vascular access infection rate was 21.1 per 100 patient-months, well above those observed in adult patient surveys. Staphylococcus aureus was most frequently isolated (23%).