英文摘要 |
This retrospective study aimed to determine the rate of healthcare-associated bloodstream infection (HABSI) that occurred at a regional hospital in southern Taiwan during 2008~2017. A central venous catheter (CVC) bundle was implemented in 2013. The results indicated that HABSI incidence was 0.79 per 1000 inpatient days during the study period. Furthermore, the incidence density of HABSI decreased from 0.91% in T1 (2008~2012) to 0.67% in T2 (2013~2017) with an incidence density ratio of 0.73 (95% CI: confidence interval [CI]: 0.66~0.79). In the study period, 2,090 cases of HABSI were detected, and 53.1% of HABSI were caused by gram-negative bacteria, followed by gram-positive bacteria (36.4%) and Candida species (8.8%). The most common organisms causing HABSI were coagulase-negative staphylococci (19.3%), Staphylococcus aureus (8.7%), Escherichia coli (8.2%), Acinetobacter baumannii (8.1%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (6.0%). We compared the difference in bacteria that caused HABSI between the two study periods. We observed that the incidence of gram-positive infections decreased from 0.44% to 0.27% with an incidence density ratio of 0.59 (95% CI: 0.52~0.69), while the incidence of gram-negative infections and Candida infections decreased from 0.59% to 0.45% and from 0.10% to 0.07% with incidence density ratios of 0.75 (95% CI: 0.67~0.85) and 0.67 (95% CI: 0.50~0.90), respectively. The reduction in the HABSI incidence at our institution coincided with the implementation of the CVC bundle. Moreover, there was a significant decrease in the proportion of gram-positive infections in the post-intervention period. Therefore, the implementation of a CVC care bundle was associated with a reduction in HABSI at a regional hospital. |