Impact of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Strategy on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in the Intensive Care Units of 15 Developing Countries
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) was established in 15 developing countries to reduce infection rates in resource-limited hospitals by focusing on education and feedback of outcome surveillance (infection rates) and process surveillance (adherence to infection control measures). We report a time-sequence analysis of the effectiveness of this approach in reducing rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and associated deaths in 86 intensive care units with a minimum of 6-month INICC membership. METHODS: Pooled CLABSI rates during the first 3 months (baseline) were compared with rates at 6-month intervals during the first 24 months in 53,719 patients (190,905 central line-days). Process surveillance results at baseline were compared with intervention period data. RESULTS: During the first 6 months, CLABSI incidence decreased by 33% (from 14.5 to 9.7 CLABSIs per 1,000 central line-days). Over the first 24 months there was a cumulative reduction from baseline of 54% (from 16.0 to 7.4 CLABSIs per 1,000 central line-days; relative risk, 0.46 [95% confidence interval, 0.33-0.63]; P < .001). The number of deaths in patients with CLABSI decreased by 58%. During the intervention period, hand hygiene adherence improved from 50% to 60% (P < .001); the percentage of intensive care units that used maximal sterile barriers at insertion increased from 45% to 85% (P < .001), that adopted chlorhexidine for antisepsis increased from 7% to 27% (P < .001), and that sought to remove unneeded catheters increased from 37% to 83% (P < .001); and the duration of central line placement decreased from 4.1 to 3.5 days (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Education, performance feedback, and outcome and process surveillance of CLABSI rates significantly improved infection control adherence, reducing the CLABSI incidence by 54% and the number of CLABSI-associated deaths by 58% in INICC hospitals during the first 2 years.
DOI: 10.1086/657140
Authors: Victor D. Rosenthal, Dennis G. Maki, Camila Rodrigues, Carlos Álvarez-Moreno, Hakan Leblebicioglu, Martha Sobreyra-Oropeza, Regina Berba, Naoufel Madani, Eduardo A. Medeiros, Luis E. Cuéllar, Zan Mitrev, Lourdes Dueñas, Humberto Guanche-Garcell, Trudell Mapp, Souha S. Kanj, Rosalía Fernández-Hidalgo
Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Secretaria de Salud, Philippine General Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Ibn Sina, Hospital São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Hospital Nacional de Niños Bloom, American University of Beirut Medical Center, American University of Beirut
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2128317176