Continued increases in the incidence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) during the second year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic - Concepedia

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Continued increases in the incidence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) during the second year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

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2022

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Lindsey M. Weiner, Carlos R. Alvarez, Aaron Kofman, Rebecca Konnor, David T. Kuhar, Allan Nkwata, Prachi Patel, Vaishnavi Pattabiraman, Sunny Y. Xu, Margaret A. Dudeck

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Virus EpidemiologyContinued IncreasesCovid-19 EpidemiologyPandemic ManagementCovid-19Hospital MedicineHealthcare-associated InfectionClinical EpidemiologyInfection ControlPublic HealthHospital EpidemiologyCoronavirus Disease 2019Infectious Disease EpidemiologyLong CovidCovid-19 PandemicInfection RatiosEpidemiologyEmerging Infectious DiseasesHealthcare-associated InfectionsClinical InfectionHigh Covid-19 HospitalizationsMedicine

Abstract

Data from the National Healthcare Safety Network were analyzed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during 2021. Standardized infection ratios were significantly higher than those during the prepandemic period, particularly during 2021-Q1 and 2021-Q3. The incidence of HAI was elevated during periods of high COVID-19 hospitalizations.

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