Table 3.

Comparison of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Protection Agency (HPA) surveillance definitions

	CDC* positive	CDC negative	Total
HPA positive	11 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.1%)
HPA negative	3 (0.3%)	1094 (98.6)	1097 (98.9%)
Total	14 (1.3%)	1095 (98.7%)	1109 (100.0%)

The percentages represent the number of people identified as having a healthcare-associated urinary tract infection based on a specific criteria divided by the total number of people surveyed.

*For the purposes of calculation, the CDC definition was considered to be gold standard.