Device Exposure and Patient Risk Factors’ Impact on the Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in PICUs

Device Exposure and Patient Risk Factors’ Impact on the Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in PICUs

Healthcare-associated infections related to device use (DA-HAIs) are a serious public health problem since they increase mortality, length of hospital stay and healthcare costs. We performed a multicenter, prospective study analyzing critically ill pediatric patients admitted to 26 Spanish pediatric...

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Main Authors: Elena Fresán-Ruiz, Gemma Pons-Tomás, Juan Carlos de Carlos-Vicente, Amaya Bustinza-Arriortua, María Slocker-Barrio, Sylvia Belda-Hofheinz, Montserrat Nieto-Moro, Sonia María Uriona-Tuma, Laia Pinós-Tella, Elvira Morteruel-Arizcuren, Cristina Schuffelmann, Yolanda Peña-López, Sara Bobillo-Pérez, Iolanda Jordan, on behalf of the Pediatric-ENVIN-HELICS Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Children
Subjects:
PICU
Spain
children
healthcare-associated infections
device-associated infections
CLABSI
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/11/1669

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