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- Title
Impact of infection control training for interns on PICU-acquired bloodstream infections in a middle-income country.
- Authors
Yun Yun Ng; Abdel-Latif, Mohamed El-Amin; Chin Seng Gan; Siham, Anis; Zainol, Hasimah; Lucy Chai See Lum; Ng, Yun Yun; Gan, Chin Seng; Lum, Lucy Chai See
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>The present study aimed to determine the impact of an extended infection control training programme, which was conducted for all interns posted to the Department of Paediatrics, on the incidence of paediatric intensive care unit (PICU)-acquired bloodstream infections (BSIs) in University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia.<bold>Methods: </bold>The development of nosocomial BSIs during the baseline period (1 January-31 October 2008) and intervention period (1 November-31 December 2009) was monitored. During the intervention period, all paediatric interns underwent training in hand hygiene and aseptic techniques for accessing vascular catheters.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 25 patients had PICU-acquired BSIs during the baseline period, while 18 patients had PICU-acquired BSIs during the intervention period (i.e. infection rate of 88 per 1,000 and 41 per 1,000 admissions, respectively). The infections were related to central venous catheters (CVCs) in 22 of the 25 patients who had PICU-acquired BSIs during the baseline period and 11 of the 18 patients who had PICU-acquired BSIs during the intervention period. Thus, the incidence rates of catheter-related BSIs were 25.2 per 1,000 CVC-days and 9.3 per 1,000 CVC-days, respectively (p < 0.05). The Paediatric Risk of Standardised Mortality III score was an independent risk factor for PICU-acquired BSIs and the intervention significantly reduced this risk.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The education of medical interns on infection control, a relatively low-cost intervention, resulted in a substantial reduction in the incidence of PICU-acquired BSIs.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; CROSS infection prevention; CATHETER-related infections; CATHETERS; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; HAND washing; INTENSIVE care units; INTERNSHIP programs; PEDIATRICS; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; CENTRAL venous catheterization; CENTRAL venous catheters; INFECTION prevention
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 9, p506
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2015135