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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Research

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Epidemiology of Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Spain

Oriol GaschComments to Author , Laia Badia-Cebada, Joao Carmezim, Montserrat Vaqué, Virginia Pomar, Encarna Moreno, Anna Marrón, Emili Jiménez-Martínez, Maria José García-Quesada, Xavier Garcia-Alarcón, Dolors Domènech, Jordi Càmara, Marta Andrés, Judith Peñafiel, Rosario Porrón, Enric Limón, Esther Calbo, and Miquel Pujol
Author affiliations: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (O. Gasch); Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí I3PT, Sabadell, Spain (O. Gasch, L. Badia-Cebada, A. Marrón); Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (J. Carmezim, J. Càmara, J. Peñafiel, M. Pujol); Hospital de Barcelona, Barcelona (M. Vaqué); Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (V. Pomar); Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain (E. Moreno); Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (E. Jiménez-Martínez, J. Càmara, M. Pujol); Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (M.J. García-Quesada); Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain (X. Garcia-Alarcón, D. Domènech); Hospital Consorci de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (M. Andrés); VINCat, Barcelona (R. Porrón, E. Limón); Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (E. Limón); Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa (E. Calbo)

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Table 2

Temporal evolution of COVID-19–related hospital admissions and catheter-related bacteremia incidence rates in study of effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and epidemiology of catheter-related bacteremia, Spain, 2020

Month Conventional ward
 ICU
 Total*
Rate of COVID-19 admissions† CRB incidence rate‡ Rate of COVID-19 admissions† CRB incidence rate‡ Rate of COVID-19 admissions† CRB incidence rate‡
January 14.11 0.12 15.15 1.39 14.15 0.13
February 16.12 0.15 21.78 2.86 16.36 0.20
March 52.81 0.13 76.14 3.29 54.87 0.40
April 41.30 0.20 83.44 5.55 43.95 0.57
May 17.02 0.22 31.33 4.49 17.6 0.34
June 15.56 0.21 21.37 2.81 15.8 0.29
July 19.50 0.17 32.94 2.83 20.15 0.29
August 22.10 0.24 38.41 5.73 22.96 0.44
September 23.06 0.18 46.00 3.43 24.15 0.28
October 34.20 0.14 70.45 3.20 36.33 0.30
November 31.87 0.20 68.22 4.09 33.93 0.36
December 33.73 0.29 68.43 7.11 34.94 0.44

*Total rates for conventional plus ICU wards. ICU, intensive care unit; CRB, catheter-related bacteremia. †Values are COVID-19 admission rates per 100,000 patient-days. ‡Values are episodes of CRB per 1,000 patient-days.

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