Table 2.

 Incidence of hospital acquired conditions per year, 2002-10

Year	Air embolism	Foreign objects retained after surgery	Blood incompatibilities	Pressure ulcers	Catheter associated UTI	Vascular catheter associated infection	Poor glycaemic control	Falls/trauma	Surgical site infections				DVT and PE after certain orthopaedic procedures	Iatrogenic pneumothorax with venous catheterization	Total
									Mediastinitis, after CABG	After certain orthopedic procedures	After cardiac implantable electronic device	After bariatric surgery for obesity
2002	155	3006	581	0	28 721	0	20 733	1 275 689	276	1639	5112	116	2718	9453	1 348 199
2003	177	3118	488	0	31 505	0	21 842	1 339 431	270	1985	6027	162	2962	9988	1 415 155
2004	195	3040	580	0	34 245	0	20 962	1 400 159	298	1645	5465	482	4204	10 097	1 481 372
2005	217	3040	639	0	36 835	0	21 368	1 367 923	175	1929	5785	489	7411	11 467	1 457 278
2006	171	3240	673	0	45 859	0	23 943	1 401 587	233	1970	6970	446	7282	11 168	1 503 542
2007	236	3094	650	0	47 921	16 047	25 934	1 402 836	203	2165	7951	249	7774	11 558	1 526 618
2008	291	3012	516	51 512	61 108	80 432	27 841	1 437 457	156	2209	8550	327	8987	13 694	1 696 092
2009	257	2800	162	219 852	67 459	99 129	30 971	1 428 226	167	2126	10 795	314	7983	14 267	1 884 508
2010	178	2814	164	224 130	79 027	103 416	34 177	1 568 455	113	2266	9156	239	7572	12 865	2 042 572
Total	1877	27 164	4454	495 495	432 681	299 023	227 772	12 621 763	1891	17 934	65 813	2824	56 893	104 557	14 360 141

UTI=urinary tract infection; CABG=coronary artery bypass graft; DVT=deep vein thrombosis, PE=pulmonary embolism.