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. 2014 Dec 10;100(5):454–459. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307297

Table 2.

Effect of the multifaceted intervention on the incidence of HAIs according to the ward of origin

	Incidence of HAIs		Relative risk (95% CI)
	Preintervention (%)	Postintervention (%)	Relative risk (95% CI)
PICU	103/228 (45.1)	48/281 (17)	0.37 (0.28 to 0.51)
General infectious ward	93/466 (19.9)	44/450 (9.7)	0.49 (0.35 to 0.68)
General non-infectious ward	81/533 (15.2)	31/688 (4.5)	0.29 (0.19 to 0.44)
Overall	277/1227 (22.6)	123/1419 (8.6)	0.38 (0.31 to 0.46)

HAI, hospital-acquired infection; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.