Rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection in tertiary care hospitals in 3 Arabian gulf countries: 6-year surveillance study.
The objective of this study was to compare central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states with those of the U.S. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) using pooled data from 6 hospitals in 3 GCC countries. The overall CLABSI rate was 3.1 per 1,000 central line days. After adjusting for differences in intensive care unit types, the risk of CLABSI in GCC hospitals was 146% higher than NHSN hospitals but 33% lower than INICC hospitals.
Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Gulf Cooperation Council States Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: balkhyh@ngha.med.sa.
Hanan H
HH
Balkhy
Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Gulf Cooperation Council States Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Aiman
A
El-Saed
Gulf Cooperation Council States Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Seif S
SS
Al-Abri
Gulf Cooperation Council States Center for Infection Prevention & Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.
Jameela
J
Alsalman
Infection Prevention and Control, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.
Huda
H
Alansari
Infection Prevention and Control, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Zaina
Z
Al Maskari
Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia.
Ayman
A
El Gammal
Infection Prevention and Control, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Wafa
W
Al Nasser
Infection Prevention and Control, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Amina
A
AlJardani
Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhakeem
A
Althaqafi
D001445:Bahrain / Q000453:epidemiology; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
Bahrain; Bloodstream infection; Central line; Health care; Infection control; Oman; Saudi Arabia; Surveillance