ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1599682
A comparative analysis of cluster based interventions on healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary care hospital in China
Provisionally accepted
Ya Zou1Chuyu Lao2Ting Fan3Tian Wang3Guanwen Lin3Cuiqiong Fan3Yisui Cen3Yukun Lin3Miao Yang3Congrong Li4
Zihuan Li1*- 1Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
- 2Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- 3Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
- 4Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant concern in infection prevention. This study analyzes the trend of incidence of HAIs in a tertiary care hospital in China and assesses the effectiveness of cluster based interventions.A retrospective analysis was conducted on HAIs reports from 2015 to 2024, focusing on episodes involving the incidence rate of hospital infections, the catheter comparison period, with a statistically significant difference (12.17 ± 1.47 vs. 9.20 ± 1.07, p = 0.006).Cluster-based interventions are effective in reducing healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary care hospital in China.
Keywords: cluster-based interventions, Healthcare-associated infections, infection control observers team, costs of infection control, Needlestick and sharp injuries, Antimicrobial usage density
Received: 25 Mar 2025; Accepted: 27 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zou, Lao, Fan, Wang, Lin, Fan, Cen, Lin, Yang, Li and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zihuan Li, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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