Correlating incidence densities and point-prevalence for the surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

We aimed to validate the use of point-prevalence to identify catheter-associated urinary tract infections against the gold standard of incidence densities. We did not find a significant association, and hence our findings do not support the common practice of using point-prevalence as a less resource intensive method for catheter-associated urinary tract infections surveillance.

American journal of infection control. 2020 Feb 10 [Epub ahead of print]

Gar-Way Ma, Cindy O'Neill, Dominik Mertz

Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: .