Table 1.
Characteristics of Facilities Performing Adult Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Surveillance in the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2015–2017
| Characteristic | No. (%) Facilities (n = 5,626) |
|---|---|
| Facility type | |
| General acute-care | 3,492 (62.1) |
| Critical access | 940 (16.7) |
| Long-term acute-care | 507 (9.0) |
| Free-standing inpatient rehabilitationa | 332 (5.9) |
| Surgical | 131 (2.3) |
| Children’s | 60 (1.1) |
| Military | 51 (0.9) |
| Psychiatric | 30 (0.5) |
| Orthopedic | 27 (0.5) |
| Oncology | 17 (0.3) |
| Veterans’ Affairs | 14 (0.2) |
| Women’s and children’s | 13 (0.2) |
| Women’s | 12 (0.2) |
| Facility bed size | |
| ≤50 | 2,278 (40.5) |
| 51–200 | 1,999 (35.5) |
| 201–500 | 1,111 (19.7) |
| ≥501 | 238 (4.2) |
a
Does not include inpatient rehabilitation facilities reporting to the NHSN as locations within acute-care hospitals.