Journal article
Characteristics of late-onset sepsis in the NICU: does occupancy impact risk of infection?
Journal of perinatology, v 36(9), pp 753-757
01 Sep 2016
PMID: 27149054
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are vulnerable to a variety of infections, and occupancy in the unit may correlate with risk of infection.
STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort of infants admitted to the NICUs between 1997 and 2014. Survival analysis was used to model the relative hazard of sepsis infection in relation to two measures of occupancy: 1) the average census and 2) proportion of infants < 32 weeks gestation in the unit.
RESULT: There were 446 (2.3%) lab-confirmed cases of bacterial or fungal sepsis, which steadily declined over time. For each additional percentage of infants < 32 weeks gestation, there was an increased hazard of 2% (hazard ratio 1.02, 95% confidence interval: 1.00, 1.03) over their NICU hospitalization. Census was not associated with risk for infection.
CONCLUSION: During times of a greater proportion of infants < 32 weeks gestation in the NICU, enhanced infection-control interventions may be beneficial to further reduce the incidence of infections.
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- Title
- Characteristics of late-onset sepsis in the NICU: does occupancy impact risk of infection?
- Creators
- N. D. Goldstein - Christiana Care Health SystemS. C. Eppes - Christiana Care Health SystemB. C. Ingraham - Christiana Care Health SystemD. A. Paul - Christiana Care Health System
- Publication Details
- Journal of perinatology, v 36(9), pp 753-757
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- P20GM103446 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) p20 BM103446 / INBRE grant NIH-NIGMS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000382183100013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84965048136
- Other Identifier
- 991020111270304721
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology
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