Single-center investigation on central-line-associated bloodstream infections and blood-culture contamination during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Beilin Wang; Roberto Pineda-Reyes; Marisa C Nielsen; Gwen Baillargeon; Jacques G Baillargeon; April N McDougal

doi:10.1017/ice.2022.172

Single-center investigation on central-line-associated bloodstream infections and blood-culture contamination during the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jul;44(7):1184-1186. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.172. Epub 2022 Jul 20.

Authors

Beilin Wang^#¹, Roberto Pineda-Reyes^#¹, Marisa C Nielsen², Gwen Baillargeon³, Jacques G Baillargeon³, April N McDougal^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
² Department of Pathology, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Texas.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
⁴ Department of Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

In this retrospective cohort study, we assessed central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and blood-culture contamination frequency during the first pandemic wave. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was significantly associated with CLABSI and blood-culture contamination. In the COVID-19 cohort, malignancy was associated with CLABSI. Black race, end-stage renal disease, and obesity were associated with blood-culture contamination.

MeSH terms

Bacteremia* / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Catheter-Related Infections* / epidemiology
Catheterization, Central Venous*
Central Venous Catheters*
Humans
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
Sepsis*