Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2023: An Analysis of 23,970 Reports
# Background The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest database of patient safety event reports in the United States. In addition to over 4.7 million acute care reports, the PA-PSRS database contains more than 420,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infect...
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest database of patient safety event reports in the United States. In addition to over 4.7 million acute care reports, the PA-PSRS database contains more than 420,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reports.
# Methods
LTC HAI data from PA-PSRS were extracted on March 1, 2024. Infection counts were calculated based on report submission date and rates were calculated based on infection confirmation date. Reports submitted by LTC facilities and specific care areas were included for infection rates each month if resident and device days were also entered in PA-PSRS for the facility and care area.
# Results
A total of 23,970 infection reports were submitted by Pennsylvania’s LTC facilities in 2023, representing an 18.6% increase from 2022. The overall infection rate increased by 11.4%, from 0.88 in 2022 to 0.98 in 2023, and all six regions of the state had an increase in infection rate. The Northeast region had the highest rate, with 1.28 reports per 1,000 resident days, and the Southeast region had the lowest rate, at 0.72. The overall rate increase was driven by rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) and skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), which increased by 20.1% and 17.4%, respectively. Within the UTI infection type, symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI) rates increased by 21.1% and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates increased by 11.8%.
# Conclusion
There was an increase in the total number and rate of infections reported to PA-PSRS in 2023. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54e6648374d247998a1d9519ef31da212024-04-23T16:02:32ZengPatient Safety AuthorityPatient Safety2689-01432641-47162024-04-0161Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2023: An Analysis of 23,970 ReportsShawn KepnerAmanda BennettRebecca Jones# Background The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest database of patient safety event reports in the United States. In addition to over 4.7 million acute care reports, the PA-PSRS database contains more than 420,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reports. # Methods LTC HAI data from PA-PSRS were extracted on March 1, 2024. Infection counts were calculated based on report submission date and rates were calculated based on infection confirmation date. Reports submitted by LTC facilities and specific care areas were included for infection rates each month if resident and device days were also entered in PA-PSRS for the facility and care area. # Results A total of 23,970 infection reports were submitted by Pennsylvania’s LTC facilities in 2023, representing an 18.6% increase from 2022. The overall infection rate increased by 11.4%, from 0.88 in 2022 to 0.98 in 2023, and all six regions of the state had an increase in infection rate. The Northeast region had the highest rate, with 1.28 reports per 1,000 resident days, and the Southeast region had the lowest rate, at 0.72. The overall rate increase was driven by rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) and skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI), which increased by 20.1% and 17.4%, respectively. Within the UTI infection type, symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI) rates increased by 21.1% and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates increased by 11.8%. # Conclusion There was an increase in the total number and rate of infections reported to PA-PSRS in 2023.https://doi.org/10.33940/001c.116555 |
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| title_full | Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2023: An Analysis of 23,970 Reports |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2023: An Analysis of 23,970 Reports |
| title_short | Long-Term Care Healthcare-Associated Infections in 2023: An Analysis of 23,970 Reports |
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