Table 2.
Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection rates (CLABSI), Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection rate (CAUTI) and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia rates (VAP) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in 12 adult ICUs of General Ministry of Health hospitals, KSA, 2013–2016.
| Hospitals | ICU | CLABSI/1000 CL.days (95%CI) |
CLABSI NHSN/INICC |
CAUTI/1000 UC.days (95%CI) |
CAUTI NHSN/INICC |
VAP/1000 MV.days (95% CI) |
VAP NHSN/ INICC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital A | Cardiac | 0 | 1.1/3.47 | 1.0 (0.21–3.34) | 2.2/5.86 | 8.13 (0.74–37.90) | 1/11.5 |
| Hospital B | 0 | 1.1/3.47 | 2.6 (0.23–11.77) | 2.2/5.86 | 0 | 1/11.5 | |
| Group 1 (4 hospitals) | Medical/Surgical BED < 15 (05/15–02/16) | Ranges from 0 to 6.19 | 0.9/4.93 | Ranges from 2.3 to 7.19 | 1.2/5.34 | Ranges from 18.1 to 26.6 | 1.1/16.5 |
| Group 2 (2 hospitals) | Medical/Surgical BED > 15 (09/13–03/15) | Ranges from 0 to 4.28 | 0.9/4.93 | Ranges From 0 to 3.97 | 1.6/5.34 | Ranges from 9.33 to 20.7 | 0.9/16.5 |
| Group 3 (2 hospitals) | Medical/Surgical BED > 15 (09/13–02/16) | Ranges from 6.68 to 10.89 | 0.9/4.93 | Ranges from 1.9 to 3.5 | 1.6/5.34 | Ranges from 0.9 to 16.4 | 0.9/16.5 |
| Group 4 (3 hospitals) | Medical/Surgical BED > 15 (09/15–03/16) | Ranges from 0 to 22.8 | 0.9/4.93 | Ranges from 0 to 5.2 | 1.6/5.34 | Ranges from 10.1 to 51.6 | 0.9/16.5 |
| Group 5 (1 hospital) | Medical/Surgical BED > 15 (01/15–02/16) | 10.2 (0.459–54.25) | 0.9/4.93 | 11.75 (4.46–25.75) | 1.6/5.34 | 186.5 (121.44–275.04) | 0.9/16.5 |