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. 2018 Jul 12;13(7):e0199616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199616

Table 3. HAIs in pre-PCHS and PCHS phases, stratified by type.

  Pre-PCHS
(I1 + I2)
No. (%)
PCHS
(I1 + I2)
No. (%)
extC
1st 6-months period
No. (%)
extC
2nd 6-months period
No. (%)
No. of HAIs 314* (100%) 141° (100%) 15# (100%) 16§ (100%)
Type Urinary tract infections-UTI 179 (57.0%) 70 (49.6%) 8 (53.3%) 6 (37.5%)
Bloodstream infections-BSI [CVC related] 54 [10] (17.2%) 31 [7] (22.0%) - 3 (18.8%)
Clinical sepsis 22 (7.0%) 5 (3.5%) 1 (6.7%) -
Gastrointestinal-GI 17 (5.4%) 6 (4.3%) 2 (13.3%) -
Skin and soft tissue 15 (4.8%) 6 (4.3%) 3 (20.0%) 1 (6.2%)
Pneumonia 12 (3.8%) 8 (5.7%) - 2 (12.5%)
Lower respiratory tract 10 (3.2%) 6 (4.3%) 3 (18.8%)
Reproductive tract 1 (0.3%) - - -
Eye, ear, nose and throat or mouth EENT 1 (0.3%) 2 (1.4%) - -
Bone and joint - 1 (0.7%) - -
Intra-abdominal - 1 (0.7%) - -
Surgical Site Infection - - - 1 (6.2%)
Not specified 3 (1.0%) 5 (3.5%) 1 (6.7%) -

* 256 patients with 1 HAI, 26 with 2 HAIs, and 2 with 3 HAIs

° 115 patients with 1 HAI, and 13 with 2 HAIs

# 9 patients with 1 HAI, and 3 with 2 HAIs

§ 16 patients with 1 HAI

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