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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Research

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

Oriol GaschComments to Author , Laia Badia-Cebada, Joao Carmezim, Montserrat Vaqué, Virginia Pomar, Encarna Moreno, Anna Marrón, Emili Jiménez-Martínez, Maria José García-Quesada, Xavier Garcia-Alarcón, Dolors Domènech, Jordi Càmara, Marta Andrés, Judith Peñafiel, Rosario Porrón, Enric Limón, Esther Calbo, and Miquel Pujol
Author affiliations: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (O. Gasch); Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí I3PT, Sabadell, Spain (O. Gasch, L. Badia-Cebada, A. Marrón); Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (J. Carmezim, J. Càmara, J. Peñafiel, M. Pujol); Hospital de Barcelona, Barcelona (M. Vaqué); Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (V. Pomar); Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain (E. Moreno); Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (E. Jiménez-Martínez, J. Càmara, M. Pujol); Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (M.J. García-Quesada); Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain (X. Garcia-Alarcón, D. Domènech); Hospital Consorci de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (M. Andrés); VINCat, Barcelona (R. Porrón, E. Limón); Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (E. Limón); Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa (E. Calbo)

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Observed and predicted incidence rates of CRB and number of CRB cases stratified by hospital ward, catheter type, and catheter use during 2007–2020 in study of effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and epidemiology of CRB, Spain. We calculated the CRB incidence rate by dividing the total number of episodes of catheter-related bloodstream infections by the total number of patient-days for each year from 2007 to 2020. We predicted incidence rates by using the negative binomial regression model and compared the predicted rates with observed rates for each year. A) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days, stratified by the type of hospital ward. B) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days, stratified by the type of catheter used. C) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days was stratified according to the reason for catheter use. CRB, catheter-related bacteremia; ICU, intensive care unit; CVC, central vascular catheter; PICVC, peripherally-inserted central vascular catheter; PVC, peripheral vascular catheter; PN, parenteral nutrition; HD, hemodialysis.

Figure 2. Observed and predicted incidence rates of CRB and number of CRB cases stratified by hospital ward, catheter type, and catheter use during 2007–2020 in study of effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and epidemiology of CRB, Spain. We calculated the CRB incidence rate by dividing the total number of episodes of catheter-related bloodstream infections by the total number of patient-days for each year from 2007 to 2020. We predicted incidence rates by using the negative binomial regression model and compared the predicted rates with observed rates for each year. A) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days, stratified by the type of hospital ward. B) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days, stratified by the type of catheter used. C) CRB incidence per 1,000 patient-days was stratified according to the reason for catheter use. CRB, catheter-related bacteremia; ICU, intensive care unit; CVC, central vascular catheter; PICVC, peripherally-inserted central vascular catheter; PVC, peripheral vascular catheter; PN, parenteral nutrition; HD, hemodialysis.

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