Clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli in intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-283

  Zhou, Juyan Julia ^a   Patel, Sameer J ^a   Jia, Haomiao ^b   Weisenberg, Scott A ^c   Yoko Furuya, E ^a,d   Kubin, Christine J ^a   Alba, Luis ^a   Rhee, Kyu ^e   Saiman, Lisa ^a,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Summitt Medical Center   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873650816     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669524     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Paterson D. Resistance in gram-negative bacteria: enterobacteriaceae. Am J Med 2006;119:S20-S28.
2. Gupta A, Della-Latta P, Todd B, et al. Outbreak of extendedspectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit linked to artificial nails. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004;25:210-215.
3. Bratu S, Mooty M, Nichani S, et al. Emergence of KPC-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, New York: epidemiology and recommendations for detection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005;49:3018-3020.
4. Siegel J, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, Health Care Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. 2007 Guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. Am J Infect Control 2007;35:S65-S164.
5. McGowan JE Jr. Economic impact of antimicrobial resistance. Emerg Infect Dis 2001;7:286-292.
6. Kollef MH, Sherman G, Ward S, Fraser VJ. Inadequate antimicrobial treatment of infections: a risk factor for hospital mortality among critically ill patients. Chest 1999;115:462-474.
7. Du B, Long Y, Liu H, et al. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection: risk factors and clinical outcome. Intensive Care Med 2002;28:1718-1723.
8. Paterson DL, Ko WC, Von Gottberg A, et al. Antibiotic therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia: implications of production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39:31-37.
9. Wilson SJ, Knipe CJ, Zieger MJ, et al. Direct costs of multidrugresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the burn unit of a public teaching hospital. Am J Infect Control 2004;32:342-344.
10. Cabana MD, Rand CS, Powe NR, et al. Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? a framework for improvement. JAMA 1999;282:1458-1465.
11. Cabana MD, Ebel BE, Cooper-Patrick L, Powe NR, Rubin HR, Rand CS. Barriers pediatricians face when using asthma practice guidelines. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2000;154:685-693.
12. Garber E, Desai M, Zhou J, et al. Barriers to adherence to cystic fibrosis infection control guidelines. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008;43: 900-907.
13. Larson E, Quiros D. Staff attitudes toward CDC's hand hygiene guideline. Am J Infect Control 2006;34:E128.
14. Cabana MD, Rand C, Slish K, Nan B, Davis MM, Clark N. Pediatrician self-efficacy for counseling parents of asthmatic children to quit smoking. Pediatrics 2004;113:78-81.
15. Hardin JW, Hilbe JM. Generalized Estimating Equations. Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2003.
16. Ranji SR, Steinman MA, Shojania KG, Gonzales R. Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis. Med Care 2008;46:847-862.
17. Evans CT, Rogers TJ, Weaver FM, Burns SP. Providers' beliefs and behaviors regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in persons with spinal cord injury or disorder. J Spinal Cord Med 2011;34:16-21.
18. Metlay JP, Shea JA, Crossette LB, Asch DA. Tensions in antibiotic prescribing: pitting social concerns against the interests of individual patients. J Gen Intern Med 2002;17:87-94.
19. Giblin TB, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Harris PL, et al. Clinicians' perceptions of the problem of antimicrobial resistance in health care facilities. Arch Intern Med 2004;164:1662-1668.
20. Sintchenko V, Iredell JR, Gilbert GL, Coiera E. What do physicians think about evidence-based antibiotic use in critical care? a survey of Australian intensivists and infectious disease practitioners. Intern Med J 2001;31:462-469.
21. Guerra CM, Pereira CA, Neves Neto AR, Cardo DM, Correa L. Physicians' perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge concerning antimicrobial resistance in a Brazilian teaching hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1411-1414.
22. Srinivasan A, Song X, Richards A, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Cardo D, Rand C. A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of house staff physicians from various specialties concerning antimicrobial use and resistance. Arch Intern Med 2004;164:1451-1456.
23. Minen MT, Duquaine D, Marx MA, Weiss D. A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of medical students concerning antimicrobial use and resistance. Microb Drug Resist 2010;16:285-289.
24. Wester CW, Durairaj L, Evans AT, Schwartz DN, Husain S, Martinez E. Antibiotic resistance: a survey of physician perceptions. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:2210-2216.
25. Pulcini C, Williams F, Molinari N, Davey P, Nathwani D. Junior doctors' knowledge and perceptions of antibiotic resistance and prescribing: a survey in France and Scotland. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011;17:80-87.
26. Quale J, Bratu S, Landman D, Heddurshetti R. Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii endemic in New York City. Clin Infect Dis 2003;37:214-220.
27. Quale JM, Landman D, Bradford PA, et al. Molecular epidemiology of a citywide outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Clin Infect Dis 2002;35:834-841.
28. Patel S, Landers T, Larson E, et al. Clinical vignettes provide an understanding of antibiotic prescribing practices in neonatal intensive care units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32:597-602.
29. Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE Jr, et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44: 159-177.