Researchers analyzed 53 hospitals in the Southeastern U.S. for reports of central-line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, C. difficile infections and ventilator-associated events from Jan. 1, 2018, to March 31, 2021.
Three key findings:
- CLABSIs and VAEs increased by 24 percent and 34 percent, respectively, during the pandemic.
- CDIs increased by 4.2 percent per month during the pandemic.
- CAUTIs did not change significantly during the pandemic across all hospital types.
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