Table 5.

Distribution of 63 healthcare-associated infections among 61 patients*

Type of infection	Total	Site A	Site B
Total infections	63 (100.0)†	13 (100.0)	50 (100.0)†
Pneumonia	15 (23.8)†	1 (7.7)	14 (28.0)†
Ventilator-associated	5 (7.9)	1 (7.7)	4 (8.0)
Clinical sepsis	10 (15.9)	0 (0.0)	10 (20.0)
Urinary tract infection	8 (12.7)	3 (23.1)	5 (10.0)
Device-associated‡	4 (6.3)	1 (7.7)	3 (6.0)
Primary bloodstream infection	7 (11.1)	3 (23.1)	4 (8.0)
Central catheter related	4 (6.3)	2 (15.4)	2 (4.0)
Surgical site infection	7 (11.1)	2 (15.4)	5 (10.0)
Hepatobiliary system infection	6 (9.5)	2 (15.4)	4 (8.0)
Device-associated	4 (6.3)	2 (15.4)	2 (4.0)
Gastrointestinal infection	3 (4.8)	0 (0.0)	3 (6.0)
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection	2 (3.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (4.0)
Eye, ear, nose, throat or mouth infection	3 (4.8)	1 (7.7)	2 (4.0)
Skin and soft tissue infection	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.0)
Bone and joint infection	1 (1.6)	1 (7.7)	0 (0.0)
Central nervous system infection	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.0)
Cardiovascular system infection	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.0)

*Values are the number of infections, with the percentage of the total number of healthcare-associated infections in parentheses according to the survey site.

†One infection was related to a previous hospitalisation in an acute care hospital other than one of the studied hospitals.

‡One infection was a urethral stent-associated infection, and three were urethral catheter-associated infections.