Prevalence of lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized patients in the United Kingdom and Eire – results from the Second National Prevalence Survey

2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C Kelsey ◽  
C.A Mitchell ◽  
M Griffin ◽  
R.C Spencer ◽  
A.M Emmerson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
National Prevalence

Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (Supplement_8) ◽  
pp. S899-S906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Farida Huq ◽  
David A. Sack ◽  
Thomas Butler ◽  
A. K. Azad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Tract Infections

scholarly journals Sensitivity and specificity of the method used for ascertainment of healthcare-associated infections in the second Slovenian national prevalence survey

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojca Serdt ◽  
Tatjana Lejko Zupanc ◽  
Aleš Korošec ◽  
Irena Klavs
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Sensitivity And Specificity ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infections ◽  
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Healthcare Associated

Abstract Introduction The second Slovenian national healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) prevalence survey (SNHPS) was conducted in acute-care hospitals in 2011. The objective was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the method used for the ascertainment of six types of HAIs (bloodstream infections, catheter-associated infections, lower respiratory tract infections, pneumoniae, surgical site infections, and urinary tract infections) in the University Medical Centre Ljubljana (UMCL). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in patients surveyed in the SNHPS in the UMCL using a retrospective medical chart review (RMCR) and European HAIs surveillance definitions. Sensitivity and specificity of the method used in the SNHPS using RMCR as a reference was computed for ascertainment of patients with any of the six selected types of HAIs and for individual types of HAIs. Agreement between the SNHPS and RMCR results was analyzed using Cohen’s kappa coefficient. Results 1474 of 1742 (84.6%) patients surveyed in the SNHPS were included in RMCR. The sensitivity of the SNHPS method for detecting any of six HAIs was 90% (95% confidence interval (CI): 81%-95%) and specificity 99% (95% CI: 98%-99%). The sensitivity by type of HAI ranged from 63% (lower respiratory tract infections) to 92% (bloodstream infections). Specificity was at least 99% for all types of HAIs. Agreement between the two data collection approaches for HAIs overall was very good (κ=0.83). Conclusions The overall sensitivity of SNHPS collection method for ascertaining HAIs overall was high and the specificity was very high. This suggests that the estimated prevalence of HAIs in the SNHPS was credible.

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