Central venous catheter-associated blood stream infections in intensive care units in Canadian acute-care hospitals : Bactériémies associées aux cathéters veineux centraux (BACVC) dans les unités de soins intensifs des hôpitaux canadiens de soins de courte durée: rapport de surveillance du 1er Janvier au 31 Décembre 2006 et du 1er Janvier 2009 au 31 Décembre 2011

The majority of microorganisms identified in adult ICUs are Gram positive (63% in 2011) and there has been no significant change in the proportions identified since 2006 (70%) Most patients (71% in 2011) in adult ICUs are alive at 30 days after onset of CVC-BSI and there has been no significant change in this proportion since 2006 (74%) The decreasing CVC-BSI rates and proportion of CONS ide [...] Other microorganisms have remained relatively unchanged except Enterococcus which has increased from 3% in 2006 to 21% in 2011 The majority of microorganisms identified in PICUs are Gram positive (68% in 2011) and there has been no significant change in the proportions identified since 2006 (68%) The majority of patients (88% in 2011) in PICUs are alive at 30 days after onset of CVC-BSI and th [...] Other microorganisms have remained relatively unchanged except the proportion of Escherichia coli which increased from 2% in 2006 to 10% in 2011 The majority of microorganisms identified in NICUs are Gram positive (70% in 2011) The majority of patients (93% in 2011) in NICUs are alive at 30 days after onset of CVC-BSI and there has been no change in this proportion since 2006 (92%) The decre [...] Laboratory analysis The positive blood culture is identified by the hospital’s laboratory Data collection and submission When a positive blood culture is identified by the hospital’s microbiology laboratory, the Infection Control Professional (ICP) determines if the patient is in an ICU or was in an ICU within the 48 hours prior to the time of the positive blood culture. [...] Table 8 provides more detail relating to the microorganisms identified in CVC-BSI from adult ICU cases in 2006 and the trend in the annual proportion of microorganisms identified from 2009– 2011.