. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 13.

Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Nov 25;41(1):19–30. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.297

Table 2.

Frequency of Pediatric Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Events and Pathogens, by HAI Type, 2015–2017

HAI Type	All Facilities		Children’s Hospitals
HAI Type	No. (%) HAI Events (n = 18,190)	No. (%) Pathogens (n = 19,978)^a	No. (%) HAI Events (n = 7,287)	No. (%) Pathogens (n = 8,035)^a
CLABSI	13,300 (73.1)	14,804 (74.1)	5,388 (73.9)	6,062 (75.4)
SSI^b	3,218 (17.7)	3,526 (17.6)	1,208 (16.6)	1,290 (16.1)
CAUTI	1,311 (7.2)	1,443 (7.2)	553 (7.6)	608 (7.6)
VAP^b	361 (2.0)	205 (1.0)	138 (1.9)	75 (0.9)

Note. CLABSI, central line-associated bloodstream infection; SSI, surgical site infection; CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Up to 3 pathogens can be reported for each HAI event.

SSIs and VAPs can be reported to the NHSN without an associated pathogen.