Intensive care medicine

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Emergency medicine

Health care

Infection control

Virology

Economics

Medical emergency

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Outbreak

Environmental health

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Acute care

Central line

Disease control

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Internal medicine

Bloodstream infection

Medicine

Economic growth

Pandemic

Disease

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (CDC NHSN) were analyzed to understand the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in acute-care hospitals. Descriptive analysis of the standardized infection ratio (SIR) was conducted by location, location type, geographic area, and bed size.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on central-line–associated bloodstream infections during the early months of 2020, National Healthcare Safety Network