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Table 51-2.

Rates of Device-Related Nosocomial Infection in U.S. Hospital ICUs, Expressed per 1000 Device-Days^*

	Rate (No. of Cases Per 1000 Device-Days)
Type of Infection	Type of ICU	Median	25th to 75th Percentile of Hospitals
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection	PICUs	3.6	1.6-6.1
	MICUs	4.7	2.5-7.1
	SICUs	3.8	2.3-6.5

Ventilator-associated pneumonia	PICUs	2.3	0.9-4.8
	MICUs	3.7	2.1-6.2
	SICUs	8.3	4.7-12.2

Central line–associated bloodstream infections	PICUs	5.2	3.0-8.1
	MICUs	3.9	2.4-6.4
	SICUs	3.4	2.0-5.9

ICU, intensive care unit; MICU, medical ICU; PICU, pediatric ICU; SICU, surgical ICU.

From the nearly 300 hospitals in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's System (NNIS) study, National 1992-2004.

From National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report: Data Summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004. Am J Infect Control 2004;32:470-485.