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Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jun;41(6):691–709. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.45

Table 4:

Summary of Study Outcomes by Pathogen and Endemicity

Pathogen Cohorting Pre intervention Post-intervention Risk ratio Outcome
C. difficile
Outbreak
Struelens 1991 G 1.47/1000 admissions
1.5/10,000 patient days [PD]
0.39/1000
0.34/10,000
0.26 (0.46–0.87) 0.23 (NR) Decrease
Cherifi 2006 SU 99 /100,000 [PD] 31/100,000 0.31 (0.13–0.77), p=0.013 Decrease
Debast 2009 SU 45 0 NA Decrease
Islam 2013 SU 5/110 21/138 3.34 (1.3–8.6) p= 0.021 Increase
Endemic
Price 2010 SU 1.3/1000 bed days [BD] 0.6/1000 0.46 (NR) Decrease
Garcia-Lecona 2018 SU 7/91 recurrences 14/85 2.14 (0.91–5.05), p= 0.08 No change
MRSA
Outbreak
Selkon 1980 SU 6.5 /1000 patients 0.527/1000 0.08 (NR), p=0.05 Decrease
Arnow 1982 G 2.5 /100 PD 0/100 PD 0 Decrease
Duckworth 1988 SU 169 67 Decrease
Murray-Leisure 1990 SU 16 / month
Colonization: 6/53 (11.3%)
1–3/month 0/39 (0) NA
0
Decrease
Cox 1995 SU 35/month 1–2/month NA Decrease
Mayall 1996 SU Colonization: 19% 6.4% 0.34 (NR) Decrease
Meier 1996 SU 6 0 Decrease
Cohen 1991 G 3.5/1000 discharges 1.5/1000 0.29 (NR) Decrease
Faoagali 1992 G 11/40131 admissions 720/48818 49 (NR) Increase
Farrington 1998 G 29% (# cases/# infections) 14% 0.48 (NR) Decrease
Curran 2006 G 1–7/month 0–2/month P<0.0005 Decrease
Khan 2009 G 9 0 NA Decrease
Batra 2010 G 1.06 (1.03–1.08) A 1.12 (0.632.01)
B 0.71 (0.182.88)^
C 3.85 (0.818.59)
NR No change
Barbut 2013 G 7.22/1000 PD 0.77/1000 P<00001 Decrease
Endemic
Fitzpatrick 2000 SU NR
NR
26/88 (27%) infected 23/88 (23%) decolonized NA Not reported
Cepeda 2005 G Hospital A 20.6/1000 PD
Hospital B 28.2/1000 PD
15.5/1000
22.2/1000
A: 0.72[0.44–1.17], p=0.91
B: 0.76[0.37–1.58], p=0.77 (HR)
No change
G Acquisition 45.6% 9.9% 0.22 (NR), p<0.001
Singh 2006 Infection 40.4 (19/47) 4.1 (4/97) p<0.001 Decrease
Bacteremia 25.5 (12/47) 4.1 (4/97) p<0.01
Raineri 2007 G 3.5/1000 PD 1.7/1000 (p2)
0.7/1000 (p3)
P= 0.0023
P=0.048
Decrease
Gilroy 2009 SU 0.66/1000 PD 0.43/1000
0.23/1000
0.65 (NR)
0.53 (NR)
Kusachi 2010 G 34/833 (4.1%) D 40/1807 (2.2)
E 5/1302 (0.4)
0.18 (NR), p<0.002 Decrease
G Infection 0.26/1000 PD (0.18–0.34) 0.11/1000
(0.07–0.19)
0.42 Decrease
Fisher 2013 Acquisition 10% 5 0.5 (NR) Decrease
Hand hygiene compliance 47% (44–49) 69% (68–71) 14.6 (NR) Improved
Marshall 2013 G 18.5/ 1000 risk days
Hand hygiene compliance: Glove use 698/795 (87.8%)
7.9/1000
12–34%
622/722 (86.2)
HR 0.39 (0.24–0.62)
NA
P=0.3
Improved
No change
No change
VRE
Outbreak
Karanfil 1992 G 6 0 NA Decrease
Lai 1998 G 24/month
Hand hygiene: 51%
2–7/month
100%
NA Decrease
Increase
49 0 NA Outbreak
Bartley 2001 G MRSA incidence : 10.9/mo 19/mo p=0.013 control 4 mos Increase
Ridwan 2002 G 43 NR NA Partial control 4 mos
Sample 2002 G 3.5/1000 PD 0.8/1000 0.22 (NR) p=0.001 Decrease; outbreak control 5 mos
Timmers 2002 G 24 0 Outbreak control week 44
Christiansen 2004 SU 169 0 Outbreak control in 6 mos
Mascini 2006 G P1 NR
Hand hygiene: 31%
PII 0.67 (0.41–1.1)
PIII 0.02 (0.002–0.6) 275%
Outbreak control in 3 yrs Increase
Lucet 2007 SU 37 0 Outbreak control 4 wks
Schmidt-Heiber 2007 SU 33 0 Outbreak control 33 wks
Kurup 2008 SU 29/254 (11.4%) 6/142 (4.2) Outbreak control 3 mos
Servais 2009 SU 14 0 Outbreak control 2 mos
Moretti 2010 SU 75.8/1000 PD 0.45/1000 P<0.001 Decrease
Endemic
Jochimsen 1999 SU 0.28/100 admissions
Infection control compliance: 5/23 (21%)
0.09/100
36/41 (88%)
0.32 (0.69–15.85), p=0.2
p<0.001
No change Decrease
Montecalvo 1999 G Infection 2.1/1000 PD 0.45/1000 0.22 (0.05–0.92), p=0.04 Decrease
Colonization 20.7/1000 PD 10.3/10000 0.5 (0.33–0.75), p <0.001 Decrease
G Colonization 1.96/10,000 BD (2001) 4.98/10,000 (2006)
3.18/10,000 (2007)
P<0.01 (2006 vs 2007) Decrease
Morris-Downes 2010 BSI
0.091 (2001)
0.78 (2005) P < 0.001 Increase
Hand hygiene 28% (20050 88 (67–93) [2008] NR Increase
Chotiprasitsakul 2016 G 26 0 Outbreak control 33 wks
A. baumannii
Endemic
Apisarnarnthanarak Colonization/Infection P2 1.2/1000 P<0.001 Decrease
2008 3.6/1000 PD P3 0.85/1000
G Hand hygiene−0.31 +/− 0.7 P2 0.75 +/− 0.8
P3 0.54 +/− 0.1
NR No change
Infection rates P2 1.74/1000 p<0.001 Decrease
P1 11.1/1000 PD P3 0.69/1000 p<0.001
Apisnarnthanarak
2014
G Surveillance P2 2.11/1000 p<0.001 Decrease
P1 12.15/1000PD P3 0.98/1000 p<0.001
Hand hygiene P2/P3 NS No change
Infection rates 0.46/1000 P=0.96 (2010) No change
0.35/1000 PD (2007) 0.06/1000 P<0.001 (2012) Decrease
Cho 2014 SU
Hand hygiene: 5.6L/1000 PD 7.5/1000
11.9/1000
P<0.001 (2012) Decrease
Gavalda 2015 SU 10.78/1000 PD (2011) 5.87/1000
1.74/1000
0.69/1000
0.54 (0.41–0.73) (2012)
0.3 (0.18–0.48) (2013)
0.4 (0.18–0.89) (2014),
p<0.02
Decrease
Outbreak
Podnos 2001 G 52 0 Outbreak control 13 mos
Longo 2005 G 14 0 Outbreak control i 2 mos
Kohlenberg 2009 G 32 0 Outbreak control 10 mos
Palmore 2011 G Total 63
1st outbreak 29
2nd oubreak 22
0
0
Control in 6 mos 3 mos
Ayraud-Thevenot 1st outbreak = 20 2nd outbreak= Outbreak
2012 G 7 control 152 days vs. 25 days
Landelle 2013 SU 38 0 Outbreak control 18 mos
Alfandari 2014 SU 8 0 Outbreak control 9 mos
Gray 2015 SU 29 0 Outbreak control 20 mos
Molter 2015 G 10 0 Outbreak control 1 mo
Gagnaire 2017 G 5 0 Outbreak control 37 days
VAP 10.19/1000 PD 3.645/1000 P=0.198 No change
CLABSI 14.33 12.90/1000 P=1 No change
Metan 2019 G CAUTI 11.05 6.858/1000 P=0.27 No change
Hand hygiene 58% 62% p=0.38 No change
Enterobacteriaceae
Ohana 2006 G 2.36/1000 PD (2000–2002) 0/1000 (2003) 0 Decrease
Laurent 2008 SU 11.57/1000 PD 0.08/1000 0.11 (NS) Decrease
Kochar 2008 G 9.7/1000 PD 3.7/1000 0.38 p<0.001 Decrease
Langer 2009 G 8.6/1000 PD 0 Decrease
Carbonne 2010 G 13 0 Outbreak control in 1 mo
26 0 Outbreak control in 7 mos
Gregory 2010 SU Hand hygiene (no baseline)
Contact precaution (no baseline)
108/225 (48%)
139/225 (62%)
Not indicated
Kassis 2010 G 8 0 Outbreak
control after 1 yr
Munoz-price 2010 G 10 0 Outbreak control in 7 mos
Agodi 2011 G 16 0 Outbreak control in 4 mos
Ciobotaro 2011 SU 3.4/10000 – 8.2/10000 PD 0.5/10000 0.91 (0.85–0.97), p<0.001 Decrease
30/1000 hospital beds P2 13.4 p<0.001 Decrease
P3 8.3 p =0.76 No change
Cohen 2011 G P4 4.3 p=0.27 No change
Compliance w/ cohorting 71 +/− 20 Not reported
w/ active surveillance 43 +/− 10
Schwaber 2011 SU 55.5/100,000 PD 11.7 0.21 (NR) p<0.001 Decrease
Palmore 2013 G 8 then 15 0 Outbreak control 1 yr
Hand hygiene: 84–88% Close to 100% Increase
Sisirak 2013 G 78 0 Outbreak control 1 yr
Vergara-Lopez 2013 G 1.91/100 PD 1.24/100 P2 0.82/100 P3 NR Decrease
Kim 2014 G 5.49 to 9.81/100,000 PD 1.61/100,000 0.88 (NR) p<0.001 Decrease
Hand hygiene: 35.2 78% Increase
Nouvenne 2014 SU 18–23/ month (13.2–16.9% incidence) 3–13
(8/month, 1.2%)
P=0.04 Decrease
Infection rate : 36.6% 22.5% P= 0.07 No change
Viale 2014 CRE BSI 1.05 (0.99 – 1.11) p 0.09 IRR 0.96 (0.92–0.99), p=0.03 Decrease
G CRE Colonization NR 0.96 (0.95–0.97),
p<0.0001
Decrease
Hussein 2017 G CRE incidence186.6 /100,000 HD 23.4/100,000 p<0.05 Decrease
CRE BSI 25.5/100,000 HD 3.7–4.4/100,000 p<0.05 Decrease
E. coli 0.15 (0.04–0.67) 0.02 (0–0.14) p<0.001 Decrease
Decraene 2018 SU KPN 0.19 (0.04–0.82) 0.27 (0.090.78) p=0.015 Decrease
Pirs 2018 G 42 0 Outbreak control 6 mos
Reeme 2019 SU 8 0 Outbreak control 9 mos
Other MDRO
Outbreak
Rosenberger 2011 G 6 0 Outbreak control 2 mos
Endemic
Landrum 2008 G VAP 60.6/1000 PD 11.1/1000 0.18 (NR), p=0.029 Decrease
Stumpfs 2013 SU MDRO incidence: 0.65
VRE 0.69
−1.04
−1.04
p<0.01
p<0.01
Decrease
Decrease
SU Hand hygiene 54% 66% p<0.05 Increase
Wongchaoren 2013 Gloves 16.7% 37.2% p<0.05 Increase
Environmental cleaning 90% 90% NR No change
Arruda 2019 SU 2/1000 PD 2.8/1000 PD IDR 1.35 (1.01–1.810, p=0.04 Decrease

G- geographic, SU- special or dedicated unit; NR – Not reported, RR Risk ratio, IDR – incidence density ratio Bolded- cohorting intervention