Most hospital patients at risk for bacterial infection undergo an anesthetic: implications for infection control practices related to the anesthesia workspace
Authors' conclusion
Because approximately two-thirds of patients who receive an intravenous antibiotic also undergo an anesthetic, greater use of effective infection control measures in the anesthesia operating room workspace has the potential to substantively reduce overall rates of hospital infections.
Study context
- Population
- All patients admitted to the University of Miami Health System (hospitalization, surgery, ED or outpatient visits), April 2021–March 2022encounters with parenteral antibiotic(s)
- Participants
- 28,213 patients
- Outcome
- Percentage of patient encounters with parenteral antibiotic(s) that also included an anesthetic
Methodological detailssingle health system
- Single health system
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Encounters with parenteral antibiotic(s) that also included an anesthetic
Encounters with parenteral antibiotic(s) also including an anesthetic (99% CI 62.2 to 66.6); hypothesis that most antibiotics were given during encounters with an anesthetic accepted, P < 0.001
64.3%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Anesthetics with parenteral antibiotics administered
- Anesthetics (of 53,235) with parenteral antibiotics
- 34.2%
- Anesthetics conducted in nonoperating room locations
- 63.5%
- Nonoperating room anesthetic patients receiving a parenteral antibiotic
- 7.2%
Original publication
Most hospital patients at risk for bacterial infection undergo an anesthetic: implications for infection control practices related to the anesthesia workspace. Can J Anaesth. Published 12 June 2023. doi:10.
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