The role of centre and country factors on process and outcome indicators in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections

Male Bacteremia / drug therapy Original [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Critical Illness Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections Critical Illness / mortality 610 Bacteremia /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2706 Bacteremia / mortality Outcome and Process Assessment Intensive Care Units / organization & administration Process indicator. Europe/epidemiology Process indicator info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616 Cross Infection / drug therapy Humans Bacteraemia; Centre; Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections; Outcome indicator; Process indicator Outcome indicator Prospective Studies Drug Monitoring / statistics & numerical data Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use Cross Infection Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Centre Bacteremia/mortality Anti-Bacterial Agents Europe Health Care [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] Intensive Care Units Critical Illness/mortality Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use name=Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data Drug Monitoring / methods Bacteraemia Cross Infection/mortality Female Cross Infection / mortality Drug Monitoring Europe / epidemiology Drug Monitoring/methods
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07348-0 Publication Date: 2024-03-18T08:03:05Z
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PURPOSE: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between centre/country-based factors and two important process and outcome indicators in patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HABSI). METHODS: We used data on HABSI from the prospective EUROBACT-2 study to evaluate the associations between centre/country factors on a process or an outcome indicator: adequacy of antimicrobial therapy within the first 24 h or 28-day mortality, respectively. Mixed logistical models with clustering by centre identified factors associated with both indicators. RESULTS: Two thousand two hundred nine patients from two hundred one intensive care units (ICUs) were included in forty-seven countries. Overall, 51% (n = 1128) of patients received an adequate antimicrobial therapy and the 28-day mortality was 38% (n = 839). The availability of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for aminoglycosides everyday [odds ratio (OR) 1.48, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-2.14] or within a few hours (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.34-2.38), surveillance cultures for multidrug-resistant organism carriage performed weekly (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.09-1.93), and increasing Human Development Index (HDI) values were associated with adequate antimicrobial therapy. The presence of intermediate care beds (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.47-0.84), TDM for aminoglycoside available everyday (OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.44-1.00) or within a few hours (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.37-0.70), 24/7 consultation of clinical pharmacists (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.47-0.95), percentage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) between 10% and 25% in the ICU (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.00-2.80), and decreasing HDI values were associated with 28-day mortality. CONCLUSION: Centre/country factors should be targeted for future interventions to improve management strategies and outcome of HABSI in ICU patients.
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