Six-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infection rates in 246 intensive units of 83 hospitals in 52 cities of 14 countries of Middle East: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates-International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings


Rosenthal V. D., Belkebir S., Zand F., Afeef M., Tanzi V. L., Al-Abdely H. M., ...More

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.13, no.8, pp.1134-1141, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.03.012
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.1134-1141
  • Keywords: Hospital infection, Device-associated infections, Antibiotic resistance, Peripheral line-associated bloodstream infections, Mortality, Intensive care unit, Surveillance
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infections (PVCR-BSIs) rates have not been systematically studied, and data on their incidence by number of device-days is not available.