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Socioeconomic impact on device-associated infections in limited-resource neonatal intensive care units: findings of the INICC

Purpose To evaluate the impact of country socioeconomic status and hospital type on device-associated healthcare-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods Data were collected on DA-HAIs from September 2003 to February 2010 on 13,251 patients in 30 NICUs in 15...

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Published in:Infection 2011-10, Vol.39 (5), p.439-450, Article 439
Main Authors: Rosenthal, V. D., Lynch, P., Jarvis, W. R., Khader, I. A., Richtmann, R., Jaballah, N. B., Aygun, C., Villamil-Gómez, W., Dueñas, L., Atencio-Espinoza, T., Navoa-Ng, J. A., Pawar, M., Sobreyra-Oropeza, M., Barkat, A., Mejía, N., Yuet-Meng, C., Apisarnthanarak, A.
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Summary:Purpose To evaluate the impact of country socioeconomic status and hospital type on device-associated healthcare-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Methods Data were collected on DA-HAIs from September 2003 to February 2010 on 13,251 patients in 30 NICUs in 15 countries. DA-HAIs were defined using criteria formulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Country socioeconomic status was defined using World Bank criteria. Results Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLA-BSI) rates in NICU patients were significantly lower in private than academic hospitals (10.8 vs. 14.3 CLA-BSI per 1,000 catheter-days; p  
ISSN:0300-8126
1439-0973
DOI:10.1007/s15010-011-0136-2