Table 4.

Percent (n) of Confirmed Infections in 98 Patients Receiving Empiric Antibiotics (“Clinically Right”)

Ventilator-associated pneumonia	27.6 (27)
Intra-abdominal	15.3 (15)
Bacteremia– non-catheter-related	14.3 (14)
Urinary tract–nosocomial	11.2 (11)
Meningitis	6.1 (6)
Necrotizing soft tissue	4.1 (4)
Surgical site	3.1 (3)
Bacteremia–catheter-related	2.0 (2)
Empyema	2.0 (2)
Nosocomial pneumonia	2.0 (2)
Sinusitis	2.0 (2)
C. difficile	1.0 (1)
Other single occurrence	9.0 (9)