Table 2. Distribution, according to day attendance categories, of CA-CDI patients who were not admitted overnight in the 12 weeks before CDI diagnosis, with the median and IQR of number of day attendances by category type, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 1 January 2012–31 December 2021 (n = 75).

Category number	Day attendance category	Patients with hospital attendance without overnight admission		Attendances of the patients without overnight admission
		Number of patients	%	Number of day attendances	%	Median	IQR
1	Day ward	30	40	64	18	1	1–3
2	Haematology day services	5	7	74	21	12	11–21
3	Oncology day services	4	5	22	6	4	3–8
4	Haemodialysis treatment	4	5	144a	41	NA	NA
5	Emergency departmentb	24	32	35	10	1	1–2
6	Radiologyb	8	11	9	3	1	1–1
Total		75	NA	348	NA	NA	NA

CA-CDI: community acquired Clostridioides difficile infection; CDI: Clostridioides difficile infection; HE: healthcare exposure; IQR: interquartile rage; NA: not applicable.

^a Each patient attended for dialysis three times weekly in the 12 weeks prior to CDI onset.

^b Only patients with two or more attendances in the 12 weeks before CDI diagnosis were included in the HE category.