FW: Korean HAI data

[Chair CAPS]

My first question on this data would be what antibiotic prescribing
practices and stewardship protocols are in place in Korea? I recall from
meeting with the Japanese Infection Control groups some time ago that there
had been some collaboration in terms of ICP numbers and IC programs in an
attempt to educate the associated Ministries of Health in each country.

Are you able to cite the reference paper for this data Don although I see it
was from KONIS where was it published? It would be useful to know which
definitions and methodology they are using ie if it is based on NNIS (CDC)
as they are not part of the International Nosocomial Infection Control
Consortium.

Regards,

Claire

Claire Boardman

B. App Sc (nsg), Grad Cert IC, MPH, CICP

Past President, ACIPC

cid:CEUPYBISHPOH.IMAGE_78.BMP

Of Don Bissell

List members may be interested to read the latest HAI surveillance data from
South Korea. These highlight some interesting points:

. 89% of S.aureas were MRSA. This must be the highest rate reported
anywhere in the world

. 51% of E. faecium were VRE

. Almost 87% of Acinetobacter were Imipenem resistant

. The IC nurse/doctor : bed ratio is < 2 which is low and 416 beds
to each IC professional which is correspondingly high

. It is difficult to compare their rates with other studies because
only patient days are reported and not the number of patients, but assuming
the LOS was 3 days this suggests that the overall infection rate was 14%

Quite astonishing.

Don Bissell

Managing Director

BIOQUELL ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD

207 Henderson Road,#01-05

Singapore 159550

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