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. 2009 Oct 7;2:29. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-2-29

Table 2.

HAIs per 1000 devices days: VAP, CVC-BSI, and CAUTI.

Infection site Device type Device-days Device utilization HAI Distribution of HAI (%) Rate per 100 patients Rate per 1000 device-days
VAP MV 3.174 0.28 137 54.6% 7.9% 43.16
CVC-BSI CVC 2.164 0.19 34 13.5% 2.0% 15.71
CAUTI UC 6,814 0.60 80 31.9% 4.6% 11.74

HAI: Health care associated infection; VAP: Ventilator-associated pneumonia, CVC-BSI: central vascular catheter-associated blood stream infection. CAUTI: catheter-associated urinary tract infection; MV: Mechanical Ventilator; UC: Urinary catheter.