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. 2023 Apr 26;3(1):e79.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.136. eCollection 2023.

Evaluation of the characteristics of infection prevention and control programs and infection control committees in Brazilian hospitals: A countrywide cross-sectional study

Beatriz Arns  1   2 , Crepin Aziz Jose Oluwafoumi Agani  1 , Guilhermo Prates Sesin  1 , Jaqueline Driemeyer C Horvath  1 , Débora Vacaro Fogazzi  1 , Fernanda Kelly Romeiro Silva  1 , Lauren Sezera Costa  1 , Adriano Jose Pereira  3 , Antônio Paulo Nassar Junior  3 , Bruno Tomazini Cavalcanti  4 , Camila Dietrich  5 , Viviane Cordeiro Veiga  6 , Daniela G M Catarino  7 , Maysa Yukari Cheno  7 , Alexandre Biasi  4 , Bianca Ramos Ferronatto  8 , Bil Randerson Bassetti  9 , Caio Cesar Ferreira Fernandes  10 , Caroline Deutschendorf  11 , Cintia Magalhães Carvalho Grion  12 , Claudia Fernanda de Lacerda Vidal  13 , Cláudio Dornas de Oliveira  14 , Eliana Bernadete Caser  15 , Emerson Boschi  16 , Everton Macêdo Silva  17 , Felipe Dal Pizzol  18 , Hugo Correa de Andrade Urbano  19 , Iany Silva  20 , Israel Silva Maia  4   21 , Leila Rezegue de Moraes Rego  22 , Luana Pontes Oliveira  23 , Maria Brandão Tavares  24 , Marianna Deway Andrade Dracoulakis  25 , Marina Peres Bainy  26 , Nicole Alberti Golin  27 , Pablo Oscar Tomba  28 , Pedro Martins Pereira Kurtz  29 , Rafael Botelho Foernges  30 , Rejane Martins Prestes  31 , Rodrigo Morel Vieira de Melo  32 , Rodrigo Reghini Da Silva  33 , Tatiana Gozzi Pancev Toledo  34 , Valéria Paes Lima  35 , Vanildes de Fátima Fernandes  36 , Wilson José Lovato  37 , Alexandre Prehn Zavascki  2   38
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Evaluation of the characteristics of infection prevention and control programs and infection control committees in Brazilian hospitals: A countrywide cross-sectional study

Beatriz Arns et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

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Abstract

Objective: Data are scarce regarding hospital infection control committees and compliance with infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions. We assessed the main characteristics of infection control committees (ICCs) on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Brazilian hospitals.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in ICCs of public and private hospitals distributed across all Brazilian regions. Data were collected directly from the ICC staff by completing an online questionnaire and during on-site visits through face-to-face interviews.

Results: In total, 53 Brazilian hospitals were evaluated from October 2019 to December 2020. All hospitals had implemented the IPC core components in their programs. All centers had protocols for the prevention and control of ventilator-associated pneumonia as well as bloodstream, surgical site, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Most hospitals (80%) had no budget specifically allocated to the IPC program; 34% of the laundry staff had received specific IPC training; and only 7.5% of hospitals reported occupational infections in healthcare workers.

Conclusions: In this sample, most ICCs complied with the minimum requirements for IPC programs. The main limitation regarding ICCs was the lack of financial support. The findings of this survey support the development of strategic plans to improve IPCs in Brazilian hospitals.

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Conflict of interest statement

A.P.Z. is a research fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil. A.P.Z. received a research grant from Pfizer and was a member of the advisory board for Spero Therapeutics and Eurofarma. All other authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Fig. 1.
Distribution of the 53 hospitals located in the 5 federative regions of Brazil. Hospitals in each region were distributed as follows: North (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins); Northeast (Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, and Bahia); Midwest (Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul; along with Distrito Federal, the Federal District), Southeast (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo), and South (Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul).
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