• J. Hosp. Infect. · Jul 2007

    Point prevalence survey for healthcare-associated infections within Canadian adult acute-care hospitals.

    • D Gravel, G Taylor, M Ofner, L Johnston, M Loeb, V R Roth, J Stegenga, E Bryce, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, and Anne Matlow.
    • Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada. denise_gravel@phac-aspc.gc.ca
    • J. Hosp. Infect. 2007 Jul 1; 66 (3): 243-8.

    AbstractA survey of adult patients 19 years of age and older was conducted in February 2002 in hospitals across Canada to estimate the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). A total of 5750 adults were surveyed; 601 of these had 667 HAIs, giving a prevalence of 10.5% infected patients and 11.6% HAIs. Urinary tract infections (UTI) were the most frequent HAI, shown by 194 (3.4%) of the patients surveyed. Pneumonia was found in 175 (3.0%) of the patients, surgical site infections (SSI) in 146 (2.5%), bloodstream infections (BSI) in 93 (1.6%) and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) in 59 (1%). In this first national point prevalence study in Canada, the prevalence of HAI was found to be similar to that reported by other industrialized countries.

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