Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review
Abstract Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affect patients in acute-care hospitals worldwide. No systematic review has been published on adoption and implementation of the infection prevention and control (IPC) key components. The objective of this...
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| description | Abstract Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affect patients in acute-care hospitals worldwide. No systematic review has been published on adoption and implementation of the infection prevention and control (IPC) key components. The objective of this systematic review was to assess adoption and implementation of the three areas issued by the “National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China” in acute-care hospitals in Mainland China, and to compare the findings with the key and core components on effective IPC, issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods We searched PubMed and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure for reports on the areas “structure, organisation and management of IPC”, “education and training in IPC”, and “surveillance of outcome and process indicators in IPC” in acute-care facilities in Mainland China, published between January 2012 and October 2017. Results were stratified into primary care hospitals and secondary/tertiary care hospitals. Results A total of 6580 publications were retrieved, of which 56 were eligible for final analysis. Most of them were survey reports (n = 27), followed by observational studies (n = 17), and interventional studies (n = 12), either on hand hygiene promotion and best practice interventions (n = 7), or by applying education and training programmes (n = 5). More elements on IPC were reported by secondary/tertiary care hospitals than by primary care hospitals. Gaps were identified in the lack of detailing on organisation and management of IPC, education and training activities, and targets of surveillance such as central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and Clostridium difficile infections. Information was available on adoption and implementation of 7 out of the 10 ECDC key components, and 7 out of the 8 WHO core components. Conclusion To variable degrees, there is evidence on implementation of all NHCPRC areas and of most of the ECDC key components and the WHO core components in acute care hospitals in Mainland China. The results are encouraging, but gaps in effective IPC were identified that may be used to guide future national policy-making in Mainland China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ad4bbd46e96443dab74cc6dd494a00b2022-12-21T23:46:51ZengBMCAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control2047-29942019-02-018111610.1186/s13756-019-0481-yImplementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic reviewJiancong Wang0Fangfei Liu1Jamie Bee Xian Tan2Stephan Harbarth3Didier Pittet4Walter Zingg5Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Nosocomial Infection Management, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityInfection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineInfection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineInfection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineInfection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of MedicineAbstract Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affect patients in acute-care hospitals worldwide. No systematic review has been published on adoption and implementation of the infection prevention and control (IPC) key components. The objective of this systematic review was to assess adoption and implementation of the three areas issued by the “National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China” in acute-care hospitals in Mainland China, and to compare the findings with the key and core components on effective IPC, issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods We searched PubMed and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure for reports on the areas “structure, organisation and management of IPC”, “education and training in IPC”, and “surveillance of outcome and process indicators in IPC” in acute-care facilities in Mainland China, published between January 2012 and October 2017. Results were stratified into primary care hospitals and secondary/tertiary care hospitals. Results A total of 6580 publications were retrieved, of which 56 were eligible for final analysis. Most of them were survey reports (n = 27), followed by observational studies (n = 17), and interventional studies (n = 12), either on hand hygiene promotion and best practice interventions (n = 7), or by applying education and training programmes (n = 5). More elements on IPC were reported by secondary/tertiary care hospitals than by primary care hospitals. Gaps were identified in the lack of detailing on organisation and management of IPC, education and training activities, and targets of surveillance such as central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and Clostridium difficile infections. Information was available on adoption and implementation of 7 out of the 10 ECDC key components, and 7 out of the 8 WHO core components. Conclusion To variable degrees, there is evidence on implementation of all NHCPRC areas and of most of the ECDC key components and the WHO core components in acute care hospitals in Mainland China. The results are encouraging, but gaps in effective IPC were identified that may be used to guide future national policy-making in Mainland China.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0481-yHealthcare-associated infectionInfection prevention and controlHospital managementSystematic reviewChinaAdoption |
| spellingShingle | Jiancong Wang Fangfei Liu Jamie Bee Xian Tan Stephan Harbarth Didier Pittet Walter Zingg Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Healthcare-associated infection Infection prevention and control Hospital management Systematic review China Adoption |
| title | Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review |
| title_full | Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review |
| title_short | Implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in Mainland China – a systematic review |
| title_sort | implementation of infection prevention and control in acute care hospitals in mainland china a systematic review |
| topic | Healthcare-associated infection Infection prevention and control Hospital management Systematic review China Adoption |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0481-y |
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