Post-Discharge Clostridioides difficile Infection after Arthroplasties in Poland, Infection Prevention and Control as the Key Element of Prevention of C. difficile Infections

Estera Jachowicz, Agnieszka Pac, Anna Różańska, Barbara Gryglewska and Jadwiga Wojkowska-Mach
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Estera Jachowicz: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-121 Krakow, Poland
Agnieszka Pac: Department of Epidemiology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-034 Krakow, Poland
Anna Różańska: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-121 Krakow, Poland
Barbara Gryglewska: Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Jadwiga Wojkowska-Mach: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-121 Krakow, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-10

Abstract: Clostridioides difficile is still one of the most common causes of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea (CDI), and the incidence of CDI is one of the indicators that allows conclusions to be derived on the correctness of antibiotic administration. The objective of this observational study was the analysis of post-discharge CDI incidence in patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty, in order to specify optimum conditions for the surgical procedures and outpatient postoperative care. One-year observational study. Public Polish hospitals. Retrospective records for 83,525 surgery patients having undergone hip or knee arthroplasty were extracted from the Polish National Health Fund databases. CDI and/or antibiotic prescriptions in the 30 day post-surgery period were expressed per 1000 surgeries with antibiotic prescription on discharge or in ambulatory care, respectively. The CDI incidence rate was 34.4 per 10,000 patients, and 7.7 cases per 100,000 post-surgery patient-days. Patients who were prescribed at least one antibiotic were diagnosed with CDI more often than patients who had no antibiotic treatment (55.0/1000 patients vs. 1.8/1000 patients). In the multifactorial analysis, the following factors were significant: being at least 65 years of age, trauma as the cause of surgery, length of stay over 7 days, HAIs other than CDI and taking beta-lactams and/or quinolones but not macrolides in the post-discharge period. Postoperative antibiotic prescription in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery is the main risk factor for CDI. These observations indicate the necessity of improvement of infection control programs as the key factor for CDI prevention.

Keywords: Clostridioides difficile; post-discharge surveillance; hip and knee arthroplasties; healthcare-associated CDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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