Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections at a Canadian tertiary pediatric hospital: a seven-year retrospective analysis

Sarah L Silverberg; Megan Clarke; Laurie Streitenberger; Kevin Brown; Aaron Campigotto; Michelle Science

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.452

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections at a Canadian tertiary pediatric hospital: a seven-year retrospective analysis

Sarah L Silverberg,
Megan Clarke,
Laurie Streitenberger,
Kevin Brown,
Aaron Campigotto,
Michelle Science

Affiliations

Sarah L Silverberg: ORCiD; Department of Paediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Megan Clarke: Infection Prevention and Control, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Laurie Streitenberger: Infection Prevention and Control, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kevin Brown: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
Aaron Campigotto: Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Michelle Science: ORCiD; Department of Paediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.452
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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Healthcare-associated viral respiratory infections (HA-VRIs) in a pediatric hospital decreased from 1.44 per 1000 patient days in 2019–0.43 and 0.38 in 2020–2021 during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic but increased to 1.35 in 2022. The increase in HA-VRIs in 2022 coincided with the rise in community circulation of these organisms.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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