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. 2019 Dec 4;11:1035–1045. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S226935

Table 3.

Healthcare-Associated Infections Across ICUs

GICU SICU NICU RICU TICU PICU Total
Person-time monitoring 4844 4448 2108 1378 6563 5271 24,612
Total ICU stays (days) 57,106 35,201 28,190 21,518 26,064 31,913 199,992
HAI cases 354 144 205 114 48 107 972
Case-time infection (%)* 7.31 3.24 9.72 8.27 0.73 2.03 3.95
Cases per 1000 patient-day (%)# 6.20 4.09 7.27 5.30 1.84 3.35 4.86

Notes: *Case-time infection rates = total number of cases developing HAI/total number of person-time monitoring; #Cases per 1000 patient-days = total number of cases developing HAI/total number of ICU stays.

Abbreviations: GICU, general intensive care unit; SICU, surgical intensive care unit; NICU, neurological intensive care unit, RICU, respiratory intensive care unit; TICU, thoracic surgery intensive care unit; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit.