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Practices of infectious control management during neutropenia: A survey from 149 French hospitals.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: Neutropenic patients represent a growing and fragile population in our hospitals. Numerous treatments induce neutropenia in haematology wards and elsewhere. Although strict isolation is recommended during post-haematopoietic stem cell transplantation neutropenia, this may not be the current practice in other situations. In this study, our objective was to analyse what protective measures are applied in neutropenic patients in a French survey.

MATERIELS AND METHODS: A questionnaire was sent out to infection control teams of 400 public and private French hospitals to enquire about their local recommendations regarding infection prevention in neutropenic patients.

RESULTS: Among the 166 (41%) responders, 134 (81%) managed neutropenic patients. All of the centres recommended protective isolation for neutropenic patients. However, only 46 (34%) had clearly defined patients warranting specific isolation measures in terms of the level of neutropenia. All of the centres recommended several barrier measures, but these were highly variable according to the type of air treatment in the wards (note that only 72% of haematology wards are equipped with air treatment). Gowns, gloves, masks, hats and shoe covers were respectively recommended in 128 (95%), 79 (59%), 132 (98%), 87 (65%), and 34 (25%) of the establishments. Surprisingly, the recommendations vary both among hospitals and within the same hospital among different clinical wards.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, protective measures for neutropenic patients are applied variably and urgently require a consensus to homogenize practices.

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