The authors of this study designed it to evaluate the effect of COVID-19-related infection control policies on the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in one of the largest hospitals in Shanghai, China. They analyzed 6,763 MDRO culture results from January 2016 to May 2023. The study period was divided into four segments to make a comparison between the different infection prevention and control policy implementation phases. The researchers found that HAIs due to MDROs increased during the initial COVID-19 pandemic stage but experienced a significant decline in the post-pandemic period after the intensified infection control policies were in place. The article’s conclusions and findings were significant and may be used in the course of this study to support the argument that implementation of better infection control practices have a big impact on the incidence rate of HAIs.

Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Li, W., Shi, D., & Xu, Y. (2024). The impact of infection control policies on hospital acquired infections by MDROs from 2016 to 2023. Infection and Drug Resistance , 17, 4213–4221. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S481412