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Brief report| Volume 43, ISSUE 2, P171-173, February 01, 2015

Characterization of patients exposed to multiple devices but free of hospital-acquired infection at intensive care unit discharge

Published:December 13, 2014DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.022
Characterization of patients exposed to multiple devices but free of hospital-acquired infection at intensive care unit discharge
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        Exposure to invasive devices is a major risk factor for hospital-acquired infection.
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        Intensive care unit patients free of hospital-acquired infection who were exposed to multiple devices were identified.
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        5.0% of patients were multiexposed; 15.7% of patients remained uninfected.
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        Multiexposed infected patients differed from noninfected patients regarding mortality.
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        Patients did not differ regarding main risk factors for hospital-acquired infection.
      Intensive care unit patients exposed to multiple devices but free of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) until discharge were identified through a surveillance network of HAIs in Lyon, France, between 2003 and 2011. Multiexposed patients were defined according to the tenth deciles of length of stay and exposures to invasive devices. Overall, 982 (5.0%) multiexposed patients were identified; 154 (15.7%) remained uninfected. Multiexposed infected patients differed from noninfected patients regarding length of exposures and mortality.

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      Published online: December 13, 2014

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.022

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