Structured web-based survey in selected hospitals with intensive care units in Berlin- Brandenburg to collect data on the overall number of blood cultures (used) and the prevalence of (positive blood cultures in patients with) CVC - associated sepsis.
The use of CVC represents one of the major risk factors for sepsis, a highly prevalent disease in ICUs. Blood cultures obtained prior to antibiotic administration are part of the SSC Resuscitation Bundle and essential for the outcome of the patient. The CDC criteria to diagnose sepsis do not take into account the overall number of blood cultures obtained and thus, lead to an underestimation of the true incidence of sepsis. Up to now, few data is available on the total number of blood cultures obtained and the relation to the incidence of sepsis in German ICUs.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
13
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Total number of blood cultures drawn and total number of positive findings in ICUs
Retrospective analysis of cases with positive bloodculture among patients in ICU setting compared to the total amount of blood cultures taken in the same period of time and same hospital.
Time frame: 1 year
Prevalence on CVC - associated sepsis/CLABSIs
Time frame: 1 year
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