TY - JOUR
T1 - A European perspective on intravascular catheter-related infections
T2 - report on the microbiology workload, aetiology and antimicrobial susceptibility (ESGNI-005 Study)
AU - Bouza, E
AU - San Juan, R
AU - Muñoz, P
AU - Pascau, J
AU - Voss, Anne-Sofie Boertmann
AU - Desco, M
AU - Cooperative Group of the European Study Group on Nosocomial Infections (ESGNI)
AU - Lundgren, Bettina
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - The laboratory workload, microbiological techniques and aetiology of catheter-related infections in European hospitals are mostly unknown. The present study (ESGNI-005) comprised a 1-day (22 October 2001), laboratory-based, point-prevalence survey based on a questionnaire completed by microbiology laboratories in European (European Union (EU) and non-EU) hospitals. Also included were questions requesting retrospective information for the year 2000. In total, 151 hospitals from 26 European countries participated, of which 78.1% were teaching institutions. Overall, the estimated population served by these institutions was 121,363,800, and the estimated number of admissions during 2000 was 6,712,050. The total number of catheter tips processed during 2000 was 142,727, or 21/1,000 admissions, of which 23.7% were considered to be positive in the institutions using semiquantitative or quantitative techniques. Overall, EU centres received significantly more catheter tip samples/1,000 admissions and had a significantly higher rate of 'positivity' (p
AB - The laboratory workload, microbiological techniques and aetiology of catheter-related infections in European hospitals are mostly unknown. The present study (ESGNI-005) comprised a 1-day (22 October 2001), laboratory-based, point-prevalence survey based on a questionnaire completed by microbiology laboratories in European (European Union (EU) and non-EU) hospitals. Also included were questions requesting retrospective information for the year 2000. In total, 151 hospitals from 26 European countries participated, of which 78.1% were teaching institutions. Overall, the estimated population served by these institutions was 121,363,800, and the estimated number of admissions during 2000 was 6,712,050. The total number of catheter tips processed during 2000 was 142,727, or 21/1,000 admissions, of which 23.7% were considered to be positive in the institutions using semiquantitative or quantitative techniques. Overall, EU centres received significantly more catheter tip samples/1,000 admissions and had a significantly higher rate of 'positivity' (p
KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents
KW - Bacteria
KW - Bacterial Infections
KW - Catheterization, Central Venous
KW - Catheters, Indwelling
KW - Clinical Laboratory Techniques
KW - Cross Infection
KW - Europe
KW - Hospitals
KW - Humans
KW - Laboratories
KW - Microbial Sensitivity Tests
KW - Microbiology
KW - Workload
U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00936.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00936.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 15355416
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 10
SP - 838
EP - 842
JO - Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
IS - 9
ER -