Table 3.
Incidence of bloodstream infections (BSIs).
| BSIs in first half of 2019, n per 1000 patient-years | BSIs in first half of 2020, n per 1000 patient-years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | Patients without COVID-19 | Patients with COVID-19 | ||
| BSIs – overall | 751 (2.76) | 665 (3.05) | 558 (2.72) | 107 (8.19)a,b |
| BSIs – normal ward | 675 (2.52) | 555 (2.60) | 492 (2.44) | 63 (5.46)a,b |
| BSIs – ICU | 76 (18.17) | 110 (23.56) | 66 (21.01) | 44 (28.82)c |
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care unit.
a
P<0.01 compared with 2019.
b
P<0.01 compared with patients in 2020 without COVID-19.
c
P<0.05 compared with 2019.