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Table 5.

Summary data of device utilization ratio and infection rate (per 1,000 device days) in various reports.

Reports ^*	Population	CLABSI		VAP		CAUTI
Reports ^*	Population	Infection rate	Utilization ratio	Infection rate	Utilization ratio	Infection rate	Utilization ratio
NHSN 2012	Medical surgical ICU ≤ 15 beds			1.1	0.24
NHSN 2012	Medical surgical ICU > 15 beds			0.9	0.34
NHSN 2013	Medical surgical ICU ≤ 15 beds	0.8	0.37			1.3	0.54
NHSN 2013	Medical surgical ICU > 15 beds	0.8	0.49			1.7	0.63
INICC 2013–2018	Medical surgical ICUs	4.4	0.53	11.13	0.38	2.97	0.67
KSA 2013–2016	Medical surgical ICU ≤ 15 beds	0–6.9	0.58	18.1–26.6	0.54	2.3–7.19	0.75
KSA 2013–2016	Medical surgical ICU > 15 beds	0–22.8	0.33–0.68	0.9–186	0.05–0.94	0–11.75	0.06–0.85
US hospitals 2019–2020	Critical care units 78 US hospital pre-COVID-19 period	0.68	0.43			0.88	0.48
US hospitals 2019–2020	Critical care units 78 US hospital COVID-19 period	1.16	0.48			0.90	0.51
INICC 2022	Medical surgical ICUs pre-COVID-19 period	2.54		9.71		1.64
INICC 2022	Medical surgical ICUs COVID-19	4.73		12.58		1.43

^*References 6, 10, 16–19. ICU: intensive care unit; INICC: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium; NHSN: National Healthcare Safety Network; CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; CLABSI, central-line bloodstream infection; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.