Table 4.
Pediatric Location Typea | CLABSI | CAUTI | VAP | |||
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No. of Unitsb | No. (%) Pathogens (n = 14,804) | No. of Unitsb | No. (%) Pathogens (n = 1,443) | No. of Unitsb | No. (%) Pathogens (n = 205) | |
NICUsc | 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 wardsd | 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).