. 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 4.

Frequency of Pediatric Device-Associated Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Pathogens, by HAI and Location Type,^a 2015–2017

Pediatric Location Type^a	CLABSI		CAUTI		VAP
Pediatric Location Type^a	No. of Units^b	No. (%) Pathogens (n = 14,804)	No. of Units^b	No. (%) Pathogens (n = 1,443)	No. of Units^b	No. (%) Pathogens (n = 205)
NICUs^c	740	5,474 (37.0)	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Pediatric ICUs	330	3,332 (22.5)	277	1,010 (70.0)	62	202 (98.5)
Pediatric oncology units	128	3,468 (23.4)	39	91 (6.3)	0	0 (0.0)
Pediatric wards^d	494	2,530 (17.1)	187	342 (23.7)	3	3 (1.5)

Note. CLABSI, central line-associated bloodstream infection; CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; NICUs, neonatal intensive care units; ICUs, intensive care units.

Location types are mutually exclusive.

Number of units that reported at least 1 pathogen.

Classified by NHSN location codes as level II/III and level III NICUs. CAUTI and VAP surveillance in the NHSN are not performed in NICUs.

Includes step-down units, mixed acuity units, and specialty care areas. Additionally, CAUTI and VAP data for ‘pediatric wards’ include events reported from free-standing inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and rehabilitation wards located within hospitals and defined as IRFs per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).