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The Network Approach for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Long-Term Effect of Participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network

Part of: BARRY FARR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Deverick J. Anderson ,
Becky A. Miller ,
Luke F. Chen ,
Linda H. Adcock ,
Evelyn Cook ,
A. Lynn Cromer ,
Susan Louis ,
Paul A. Thacker II  and
Daniel J. Sexton
Deverick J. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Becky A. Miller
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Linda H. Adcock
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Evelyn Cook
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
A. Lynn Cromer
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Susan Louis
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Paul A. Thacker II
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
Duke University Medical Center, Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710 (dja@duke.edu)
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Abstract

Objective.

To describe the rates of several key outcomes and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) among hospitals that participated in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON).

Design and Setting.

Prospective, observational cohort study of patients admitted to 24 community hospitals from 2003 through 2009.

Methods.

The following data were collected and analyzed: incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), and HAIs caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); employee exposures to bloodborne pathogens (EBBPs); physician EBBPs; patient-days; central line-days; ventilator-days; and urinary catheter-days. Poisson regression was used to determine whether incidence rates of these HAIs and exposures changed during the first 5 and 7 years of participation in DICON; nonrandom clustering of each outcome was controlled for. Cost saved and lives saved were calculated on the basis of published estimates.

Results.

In total, we analyzed 6.5 million patient-days, 4,783 EBPPs, 2,948 HAIs due to MRSA, and 2,076 device-related infections. Rates of employee EBBPs, HAIs due to MRSA, and device-related infections decreased significantly during the first 5 years of participation in DICON (P < .05 for all models; average decrease was approximately 50%); in contrast, physician EBBPs remained unchanged. In aggregate, 210 CLABSIs, 312 cases of VAP, 332 CAUTIs, 1,042 HAIs due to MRSA, and 1,016 employee EBBPs were prevented. Each hospital saved approximately $100,000 per year of participation, and collectively the hospitals may have prevented 52-105 deaths from CLABSI or VAP. The 7-year analysis demonstrated that these trends continued with further participation.

Conclusions.

Hospitals with long-term participation in an infection control network decreased rates of significant HAIs by approximately 50%, decreased costs, and saved lives.

Type
Original Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , April 2011 , pp. 315 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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