Objective: To decrease the nosocomial central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) implementing simple low cost evidenced-based interventions in a pediatric intensive care unit. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN), Lima, Perú. Methods: All patients less than 18 years of age with central venous catheter in the PICU were evaluated, from 2009 to 2012. A basal measure was performed from 2007 to 2010. During the project, from 2011 to 2012, simple, low cost measures were implemented. Main outcome measures: Rate of catheter line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) per 1 000 catheter days. Results: During the pre-project period (2007-2010), 1 047 patients with CVC were followed during 9 303 catheter-days; 60 patients presented CLABSI, and the average annual CLABSI rate was 6.03 (10.01, 5.33, 3....

Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among workers of Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN) from April 2020 to March 2021. Materials and methods: A non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 608 workers who tested positive for COVID-19 using a rapid antigen test. The COVID-19 clinical-epidemiological research sheets prepared bythe Ministry of Health of Peru and self-administered by the workers were reviewed. The INSN Department of Epidemiology staff verified the completion of the sheets. The data was entered into a database, which was used for the respective statistical analysis. The study was approved by the INSN Institutional Research Ethics Committee (registration code: PI-17/21). Results: COVID-19 prevalence among INSN workers was 7.24 % from April 2020 to March 2021. Out of the workers ...