A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the burden of HAIs in Southeast Asia was performed on 41 studies out of the initially identified 14,089 records.
The pooled prevalence of overall HAIs was 9·0% (95% CI: 7·2-10·8) whilst the pooled incidence density of HAI was 20 cases per 1000 ICU-days. The pooled incidence density of VAP, CLABSI and CAUTI was 14·7 per 1000 ventilator-days (95% CI: 11·7-17·8), 4·7 per 1000 catheter-days days (95% CI: 2·9-6·5) and 9·1 per 1000 catheterdays (95% CI: 6·2-11·9), respectively. The pooled incidence of SSI was 7·8% (95% CI: 6·3%-9·3%). The attributed mortality and excess length of stay in hospitals of infected patients ranged from 7%-46% and 5-21 days, respectively.
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Ling ML, Apisarnthanarak A, Madriaga G. Are you the author?
Infection Control, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines.
Reference: Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 12. pii: civ095.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ095
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25676799