Outbreak of endemic carbapenem-resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–specific intensive care unit

Abstract

practices reported increases in BSIs. Ultimately, our understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HAIs will be limited, due in part to the relaxation of mandatory reporting requirements during the pandemic. 1 Data on healthcare-associated noncentral-catheter-associated BSI rates will be particularly limited because reporting in the United States is not mandated.