Francisco Higuera

TL;DR: Device-associated infections, particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia, central venous catheterrelated bloodstream infections, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections pose the greatest threat to patient safety in the ICU, according to the initial findings of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study.

TL;DR: Rates of device-associated nosocomial infection were markedly higher in the ICUs of the INICC hospitals, and the frequencies of resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolates to methicillin (MRSA), Enterobacter species to ceftriaxone, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to fluoroquinolones were far higher than in comparable US ICUs.

TL;DR: Implementation of an infection control program utilizing education, process control, and performance feedback was associated with significant reductions in rates of IVD-associated BSI and mortality.

TL;DR: The authors in this article found that the duration of ICU stay for patients with central venous catheter-associated BSI was significantly longer than that for control patients, resulting in increased healthcare costs and a higher attributable mortality.

TL;DR: The implementation of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium multidimensional approach for ventilator-associated pneumonia was associated with a significant reduction in the ventilatorside pneumonia rate in the adult intensive care units setting of developing countries.