- Title
- Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia
- Creator
- Lydeamore, M. J.; Mitchell, B. G.; Bucknall, T.; Cheng, A. C.; Russo, P. L.; Stewardson, A. J.
- Relation
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Vol. 11, Issue 1, no. 69
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01109-8
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Background: Healthcare associated infections are of signifcant burden in Australia and globally. Previous estimates in Australia have relied on single-site studies, or combinations thereof, which have suggested the burden of these infections is high in Australia. Here, we estimate the burden of fve healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Australian public hospitals using a standard international framework, and compare these estimates to those observed in Europe. Methods: We used data from an Australian point prevalence survey to estimate the burden of HAIs amongst adults in Australian public hospitals using an incidence-based approach, introduced by the ECDC Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe. Results: We estimate that 170,574 HAIs occur in adults admitted to public hospitals in Australia annually, resulting in 7583 deaths. Hospital acquired pneumonia is the most frequent HAI, followed by surgical site infections, and urinary tract infections. We fnd that blood stream infections contribute a small percentage of HAIs, but contribute the highest number of deaths (3207), more than twice that of the second largest, while pneumonia has the higher impact on years lived with disability. Conclusion: This study is the frst time the national burden of HAIs has been estimated for Australia from point prevalence data collected using validated surveillance defnitions. Per-capita, estimates are similar to that observed in Europe, but with signifcantly higher occurrences of bloodstream infections and healthcare-associated pneumonia, primarily amongst women. Overall, the estimated burden is high and highlights the need for continued investment in HAI prevention.
- Subject
- healthcare associated infections; infection control; nosocomial infection; epidemiology; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1485037
- Identifier
- uon:51469
- Identifier
- ISSN:2047-2994
- Rights
- © The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativeco mmons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
- Language
- eng
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