Table 1.
Prevalence and distribution of HAIs in a university hospital in Anhui, China, 2010–2017
| Variables | 2010–2011 (N = 2166) | 2012–2013 (N = 3166) | 2014–2015 (N = 3307) | 2016–2017 (N = 3866) | Total (N = 12 505) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Prevalence of patients with HAI | 109 | 5.03 | 96 | 3.03 | 133 | 4.02 | 195 | 5.04 | 533 | 4.26 |
| Frequency of HAIs | 117 | 5.40 | 104 | 3.28 | 161 | 4.87 | 218 | 5.64 | 600 | 4.80 |
| Relative proportion of infection sites | ||||||||||
| LRTIs | 46 | 39.32 | 37 | 35.57 | 65 | 40.37 | 93 | 42.66 | 241 | 40.17 |
| URTIs | 24 | 20.51 | 23 | 22.12 | 34 | 21.12 | 53 | 24.31 | 134 | 22.33 |
| GIs | 16 | 13.68 | 7 | 6.73 | 15 | 9.32 | 20 | 9.17 | 58 | 9.67 |
| UTIs | 9 | 7.69 | 9 | 8.65 | 11 | 6.83 | 9 | 4.13 | 38 | 6.33 |
| SSTIs | 6 | 5.13 | 4 | 3.85 | 7 | 4.35 | 17 | 7.80 | 34 | 5.67 |
| BSIs | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2.88 | 16 | 9.94 | 13 | 5.96 | 32 | 5.33 |
| SSIs | 9 | 7.69 | 6 | 5.77 | 3 | 1.86 | 2 | 0.92 | 20 | 3.33 |
| Others | 7 | 5.98 | 15 | 14.42 | 10 | 6.21 | 11 | 5.05 | 43 | 7.17 |