A. Vodianyk , E. Diomin , A. Husakov , I. Havrilov , A. Horbachevskyi , J. Habicht
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Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Ukrainian acute care hospitals involved in treatment of casualties of war: multi-centre cross-sectional study in 2024
Background
The true burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Ukraine remains unknown. A pilot point prevalence survey (PPS) of HAIs and antimicrobial use (AMU) was undertaken in Ukrainian hospitals in 2021, but the data are limited and do not represent changes in the burden of HAIs associated with the invasion of the Russian Federation in 2022. As such, in 2024, a PPS on HAI and AMU was conducted in five healthcare facilities to understand the burden of HAIs in Ukraine.
Methods
This research was designed as a multi-centre cross-sectional study. Four acute care tertiary level hospitals and one specialized institution participated in the study. Patients of all ages from surgical wards, intensive care units (ICUs) and medical wards were included. Data were collected on a single day for every ward, and the timeframe for the whole study was 1 month. HAI case definitions and the PPS procedure were based on the most recent documents of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Results
In total, 660 patients were included in the study. Eighty-three patients had 91 HAIs, and the prevalence of HAIs was 12.6% point prevalence (pp). Thirty-seven (40.7%) HAIs were present on admission, and 54 (59.3%) were acquired during the current hospitalization. The most common type of HAI was surgical site infection (50.5%), followed by pneumonia (12.1%), skin and soft tissue infection (9.9%), urinary tract infection (6.6%), bloodstream infection (5.5%) and systemic infection (5.5%). The highest prevalence of HAI (51.9% pp) was observed in ICUs, followed by 12.1% pp on surgical wards. The most common organisms were Acinetobacter spp. (22.4%) and Klebsiella spp. (22.4%). All HAI pathogens showed very high resistance (66–100%) to third-generation cephalosporins, glycopeptides and carbapenems. The highest use of antimicrobials was recorded in ICUs (88.9% pp).
Conclusions
This study found a significant prevalence of HAIs in Ukrainian hospitals, higher than the European average. The AMU rate was comparable with the European rate, but with disproportionally higher use in ICUs.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Hospital Infection is the editorially independent scientific publication of the Healthcare Infection Society. The aim of the Journal is to publish high quality research and information relating to infection prevention and control that is relevant to an international audience.
The Journal welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. This includes submissions that:
provide new insight into the epidemiology, surveillance, or prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings;
provide new insight into cleaning, disinfection and decontamination;
provide new insight into the design of healthcare premises;
describe novel aspects of outbreaks of infection;
throw light on techniques for effective antimicrobial stewardship;
describe novel techniques (laboratory-based or point of care) for the detection of infection or antimicrobial resistance in the healthcare setting, particularly if these can be used to facilitate infection prevention and control;
improve understanding of the motivations of safe healthcare behaviour, or describe techniques for achieving behavioural and cultural change;
improve understanding of the use of IT systems in infection surveillance and prevention and control.