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Incidence Rates of Healthcare-Associated Infection in a Pediatric Home Healthcare Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

André Ricardo Araujo da Silva ,
Cristina Vieira de Souza ,
Mario Eduardo Viana Guimarães ,
Guilherme Sargentelli  and
Marisa Zenaide Ribeiro Gomes
André Ricardo Araujo da Silva
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Prontobaby Hospital da Criança, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cristina Vieira de Souza
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Prontobaby Hospital da Criança, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mario Eduardo Viana Guimarães
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Prontobaby Hospital da Criança, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Sargentelli
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Prontobaby Hospital da Criança, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marisa Zenaide Ribeiro Gomes*
Affiliation:
Nosocomial Infection Research Laboratory, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Nosocomial Infection Research Laboratory, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima S319, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil (marisargomes@hotmail.commrgomes@mdanderson.org)
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Abstract

We describe the incidence rates of home healthcare-associated infections (HHAIs) in a pediatric home healthcare service (PHHCS). The overall incidence density of HHAIs was 11.1 infections per 1,000 patient-days. Average incidence density of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was 6.8 per 1,000 ventilator-days. Strategies for control of VAP should be prioritized in PHHCSs.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 8 , August 2012 , pp. 845 - 848
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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