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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Dec 8;30(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid3001.230183. Online ahead of print.
Increased Peripheral Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Switzerland
Marie-Céline Zanella, Eva Pianca, Gaud Catho, Basilice Obama, Marlieke E A De Kraker, Aude Nguyen, Marie-Noëlle Chraiti, Jonathan Sobel, Loïc Fortchantre, Stephan Harbarth, Mohamed Abbas, Niccolò Buetti
Studies suggest that central venous catheter bloodstream infections (BSIs) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated catheter-related BSIs in Switzerland and found peripheral venous catheter (PVC) BSI incidence increased during 2021-2022 compared with 2020. These findings should raise awareness of PVC-associated BSIs and prompt inclusion of PVC BSIs in surveillance systems.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Switzerland; bacteria; bloodstream infection; catheter; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; peripheral-line; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Dec 8;30(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid3001.230183. Online ahead of print.
Increased Peripheral Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Switzerland
Marie-Céline Zanella, Eva Pianca, Gaud Catho, Basilice Obama, Marlieke E A De Kraker, Aude Nguyen, Marie-Noëlle Chraiti, Jonathan Sobel, Loïc Fortchantre, Stephan Harbarth, Mohamed Abbas, Niccolò Buetti
- PMID: 38063084
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3001.230183
Studies suggest that central venous catheter bloodstream infections (BSIs) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated catheter-related BSIs in Switzerland and found peripheral venous catheter (PVC) BSI incidence increased during 2021-2022 compared with 2020. These findings should raise awareness of PVC-associated BSIs and prompt inclusion of PVC BSIs in surveillance systems.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Switzerland; bacteria; bloodstream infection; catheter; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; peripheral-line; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.