Device-Associated Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Pakistan

• Published in: The Journal of hospital infection Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 98 - 100
• Main Authors: Haque, Anwarul, Ahmed, Shah Ali, Rafique, Zohra, Abbas, Qalab, Jurair, Humaira, Ali, Syed Asad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-01-2017
• Subjects: Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Device-associated infection; Equipment and Supplies - adverse effects; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infectious Disease; Intensive Care Units; Male; Outcome; Paediatric intensive care unit; Pakistan - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Pakistan; Device-associated infection; Children; Outcome; Paediatric intensive care unit; Incidence
• ISSN: 0195-6701; 1532-2939
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.021

Summary We assessed the effect of implementation of active infection control and surveillance on the occurrence of device-associated infections (DAIs) in our PICU from 2012-2015. There were 1378 patients, equating to 4632 patient days, on the PICU. There were 29 DAI episodes, giving an incidence rate of 2.1% and incidence-density rate of 6.26 per 1000 patient-days. The rates of central line associated blood stream infections, ventilator associated pneumonia and catheter related urinary tract infection were 7/1000 central lines days, 1.17/1000 ventilator days and 0.24/1000 urinary catheter days, respectively. Despite the overall low rate of DAI in our PICU, there was a relatively high rate of central-associated blood stream infections.