Time-Series Analysis of Health Care-Associated Infections in a New Hospital With All Private Rooms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care-associated infections are often caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and substantially factor into hospital costs and avoidable iatrogenic harm. Although it is recommended that new facilities be built with single-room, low-acuity beds, this process is costly and evidence of reductions in health care-associated infections is weak.

Objective

To examine whether single-patient rooms are associated with decreased rates of common multidrug-resistant organism transmissions and health care-associated infections.

Design, setting, and participants

A time-series analysis comparing institution-level rates of new multidrug-resistant organism colonization and health care-associated infections before (January 1, 2013-March 31, 2015) and after (April 1, 2015

SUBMITTER: McDonald EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6705142 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature