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Footwear Exchange Has No Influence on the Incidence of Febrile Neutropenia in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy for Hematologic Malignancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hiroyuki Sugahara ,
Masao Mizuki ,
Sayoko Matsumae ,
Yoshiko Nabetani ,
Motoko Kikuchi  and
Yuzuru Kanakura
Hiroyuki Sugahara
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
Masao Mizuki*
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
Sayoko Matsumae
Affiliation:
Hematology Unit, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
Yoshiko Nabetani
Affiliation:
Hematology Unit, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
Motoko Kikuchi
Affiliation:
Hematology Unit, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
Yuzuru Kanakura
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
*
Hematology and Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, C9, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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Abstract

Objective:

To determine whether footwear exchange affects the incidence of febrile neutropenia among patients undergoing chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies.

Design:

Open trial with historical comparison.

Setting:

The 12-bed high-efficiency particulate air-fil-tered hematology unit at Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan.

Patients:

Those with hematologic malignancies who underwent chemotherapy from January 1997 through January 2003. Footwear exchange was discontinued in January 2000.

Methods:

The surveillance system was based on the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of febrile neutropenia were calculated for neutropenic patient-days (ie, days with neutropenia < 500/μL).

Results:

From January 1997 through December 1999 and from February 2000 through January 2003, 58 and 54 patients endured 237 and 184 neutropenic periods following chemotherapy, and their total neutropenic days were 3,123 and 2,503, respectively. They showed episodes of febrile neutropenia 89 and 68 times, respectively. Infection rates were 28.5 and 27.2 per 1,000 neutropenic patient-days (P = .83), respectively.

Conclusion:

The incidence of febrile neutropenia was not affected by footwear exchange. In hematology units, changing shoes does not appear to affect the rate of infections during neutropenic periods.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 51 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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