Robyn Mitchell1, Geoffrey Taylor2, Wallis Rudnick1, Stephanie Alexandre1, Kathryn Bush1, Leslie Forrester1, Charles Frenette1, Bonny Granfield1, Denise Gravel-Tropper1, Jennifer Happe1, Michael John1, Christian Lavallee1, Allison McGeer1, Dominik Mertz1, Linda Pelude1, Michelle Science1, Andrew Simor1, Stephanie Smith1, Kathryn N Suh1, Joseph Vayalumkal1, Alice Wong1, Kanchana Amaratunga1. 1. Public Health Agency of Canada (Mitchell, Rudnick, Alexandre, Gravel-Tropper, Pelude, Amaratunga), Ottawa, Ont.; University of Alberta Hospital (Taylor, Granfield, Smith), Edmonton, Alta.; Alberta Health Services (Bush), Calgary, Alta.; Vancouver Coastal Health (Forrester), Vancouver, BC; McGill University Health Centre (Frenette), Montréal, Que.; Infection Prevention and Control Canada (Happe), Edmonton, Alta.; London Health Sciences Centre (John), London, Ont.; Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Lavallee), Montréal, Que.; Mount Sinai Hospital (McGeer), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; Hospital for Sick Children (Science); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Simor), Toronto, Ont.; The Ottawa Hospital (Suh, Amaratunga), Ottawa, Ont.; Alberta Children's Hospital (Vayalumkal), Calgary, Alta.; Royal University Hospital (Wong), Saskatoon, Sask. 2. Public Health Agency of Canada (Mitchell, Rudnick, Alexandre, Gravel-Tropper, Pelude, Amaratunga), Ottawa, Ont.; University of Alberta Hospital (Taylor, Granfield, Smith), Edmonton, Alta.; Alberta Health Services (Bush), Calgary, Alta.; Vancouver Coastal Health (Forrester), Vancouver, BC; McGill University Health Centre (Frenette), Montréal, Que.; Infection Prevention and Control Canada (Happe), Edmonton, Alta.; London Health Sciences Centre (John), London, Ont.; Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Lavallee), Montréal, Que.; Mount Sinai Hospital (McGeer), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (Mertz), Hamilton, Ont.; Hospital for Sick Children (Science); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Simor), Toronto, Ont.; The Ottawa Hospital (Suh, Amaratunga), Ottawa, Ont.; Alberta Children's Hospital (Vayalumkal), Calgary, Alta.; Royal University Hospital (Wong), Saskatoon, Sask. geoff.taylor@ualberta.ca.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health care-associated infections are a common cause of patient morbidity and mortality. We sought to describe the trends in these infections in acute care hospitals, using data from 3 national point-prevalence surveys. METHODS: The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) conducted descriptive point-prevalence surveys to assess the burden of health care-associated infections on a single day in February of 2002, 2009 and 2017. Surveyed infections included urinary tract infection, pneumonia, Clostridioides difficile infection, infection at surgical sites and bloodstream infections. We compared the prevalence of infection across the survey years and considered the contribution of antimicrobial-resistant organisms as a cause of these infections. RESULTS: We surveyed 28 of 33 (response rate 84.8%) CNISP hospitals (6747 patients) in 2002, 39 of 55 (response rate 71.0%) hospitals (8902 patients) in 2009 and 47 of 66 (response rate 71.2%) hospitals (9929 patients) in 2017. The prevalence of patients with at least 1 health care-associated infection increased from 9.9% in 2002 (95% confidence interval [CI] 8.4%-11.5%) to 11.3% in 2009 (95% CI 9.4%-13.5%), and then declined to 7.9% in 2017 (95% CI 6.8%-9.0%). In 2017, device-associated infections accounted for 35.6% of all health care-associated infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounted for 3.9% of all organisms identified from 2002 to 2017; other antibiotic-resistant organisms were uncommon causes of infection for all survey years. INTERPRETATION: In CNISP hospitals, there was a decline in the prevalence of health care-associated infection in 2017 compared with previous surveys. However, strategies to prevent infections associated with medical devices should be developed. Apart from MRSA, few infections were caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms.
BACKGROUND: Health care-associated infections are a common cause of patient morbidity and mortality. We sought to describe the trends in these infections in acute care hospitals, using data from 3 national point-prevalence surveys. METHODS: The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) conducted descriptive point-prevalence surveys to assess the burden of health care-associated infections on a single day in February of 2002, 2009 and 2017. Surveyed infections included urinary tract infection, pneumonia, Clostridioides difficile infection, infection at surgical sites and bloodstream infections. We compared the prevalence of infection across the survey years and considered the contribution of antimicrobial-resistant organisms as a cause of these infections. RESULTS: We surveyed 28 of 33 (response rate 84.8%) CNISP hospitals (6747 patients) in 2002, 39 of 55 (response rate 71.0%) hospitals (8902 patients) in 2009 and 47 of 66 (response rate 71.2%) hospitals (9929 patients) in 2017. The prevalence of patients with at least 1 health care-associated infection increased from 9.9% in 2002 (95% confidence interval [CI] 8.4%-11.5%) to 11.3% in 2009 (95% CI 9.4%-13.5%), and then declined to 7.9% in 2017 (95% CI 6.8%-9.0%). In 2017, device-associated infections accounted for 35.6% of all health care-associated infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) accounted for 3.9% of all organisms identified from 2002 to 2017; other antibiotic-resistant organisms were uncommon causes of infection for all survey years. INTERPRETATION: In CNISP hospitals, there was a decline in the prevalence of health care-associated infection in 2017 compared with previous surveys. However, strategies to prevent infections associated with medical devices should be developed. Apart from MRSA, few infections were caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms.
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