authors who address the critical need for infrastructure to support CLABSI prevention . Experts say that facilities undertaking CLABSI interventions should have the following elements in place :
• An adequately staffed infection prevention and control program responsible for identifying patients who meet the surveillance definition for CLABSI .
• Infection prevention staff and , preferably , information technology support to collect and calculate catheter days as a denominator when computing rates of CLABSI and patient days to allow calculation of CVC utilization .
• Resources to provide appropriate education and training .
• Adequate laboratory support for timely processing of specimens and reporting of results .
As has been reported widely , analysis by experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) revealed continued increases in HAIs in U . S . hospitals in 2021 , a trend that threatens to continue this year unless swift action is taken to reverse the damage inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic .”
infections and others , coincided with periods of high COVID-19 |
CLABSI Rates Impacted by the Pandemic |
hospitalizations and were especially elevated during the first and |
As has been reported widely , analysis by experts at the Centers |
third quarters of 2021 . The researchers assessed changes in the |
for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) revealed continued |
quarterly Standardized Infection Ratio ( SIRs ), which demonstrated |
increases in HAIs in U . S . hospitals in 2021 , a trend that threatens |
the largest increases occurred during October , November and |
to continue this year unless swift action is taken to reverse the |
December of 2020 . For example , there was a 47 percent increase |
damage inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic . One of those |
in CLABSIs across all location types in Q4 2021 ; a 65 percent |
HAIs showing significantly higher incidence in 2021 compared |
increase in intensive care units ( ICUs ); and a 16 percent increase |
to 2019 according to data from the National Healthcare Safety |
in select inpatient wards . |
Network ( NHSN ) is CLABSIs . |
As Weiner-Lastinger , et al . ( 2022 ) note , “ Changes in most SIRs |
Researchers say these increases in CLABSI , as well as other HAIs |
were driven by changes in the number of reported HAIs , with several |
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