title: Point prevalence survey for healthcare-associated infections within Canadian adult acute-care hospitals.
abstract: A survey of adult patients 19 years of age and older was conducted in February 2002 in hospitals across Canada to estimate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). A total of 5750 adults were surveyed; 601 of these had 667 HAIs, giving a prevalence of 10.5% infected patients and 11.6% HAIs. Urinary tract infections (UTI) were the most frequent HAI, shown by 194 (3.4%) of the patients surveyed. Pneumonia was found in 175 (3.0%) of the patients, surgical site infections (SSI) in 146 (2.5%), bloodstream infections (BSI) in 93 (1.6%) and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) in 59 (1%). In this first national point prevalence study in Canada, the prevalence of HAI was found to be similar to that reported by other industrialized countries.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada. denise_gravel@phac-aspc.gc.ca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gravel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ofner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stegenga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matlow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents