1. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain.
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Gasch, Oriol, Badia-Cebada, Laia, Carmezim, Joao, Vaqué, Montserrat, Pomar, Virginia, Moreno, Encarna, Marrón, Anna, Jiménez-Martínez, Emili, García-Quesada, Maria José, Garcia-Alarcón, Xavier, Domènech, Dolors, Càmara, Jordi, Andrés, Marta, Peñafiel, Judith, Porrón, Rosario, Limón, Enric, Calbo, Esther, and Pujol, Miquel
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We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacteremia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We compared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression model and calculated stratified annual root mean squared errors. A total of 10,030 episodes were diagnosed during 2007-2020. During 2020, the observed CRB incidence rate was 0.29/103 patient-days, whereas the predicted CRB rate was 0.14/103 patient-days. The root mean squared error was 0.153. Thus, a substantial increase in hospital-acquired CRB cases was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared with the rate predicted from 2007-2019. The incidence rate was expected to increase by 1.07 (95% CI 1-1.15) for every 1,000 COVID-19-related hospital admissions. We recommend maintaining all CRB prevention efforts regardless of the coexistence of other challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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