Table 1.
Number of hospitalized patients and number of performed microbiological tests, including blood and urine tests in years 2017–2019 depending on department medical specialty.
| Hospital Department | Number of Hospitalized Patients | Number of Microbiological Tests (Mean Number of Tests per Patient) | Number of Blood Cultures (Percent of All Microbiological Tests) | Number of Urine Cultures (Percent of All Microbiological Tests) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urology | 3805 | 4576 (1.20) | 344 (7.5%) | 3477 (76.0%) |
| Vascular Surgery | 3283 | 559 (0.17) | 60 (10.7%) | 32 (5.7%) |
| General Surgery | 5836 | 2293 (0.39) | 234 (10.2%) | 135 (5.9%) |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 5748 | 683 (0.12) | 108 (11.9%) | 77 (11.3%) |
| Laryngology | 3742 | 362 (0.10) | 44 9 (12.2%) | 27 (7.5%) |
| Neurosurgery | 2874 | 1014 (0.35) | 391 (38.6%) | 135 (13.3%) |
| Pediatric Surgery (2017 only) | 815 | 43 (0.05) | 3 (7.0%) | 11 (25.6%) |
| Gynaecology | 6150 | 1856 (0.30) | 92 (5.0%) | 174 (9.4%) |
| Obstetrics | 9182 | 2345 (0.26) | 115 (4.9%) | 373 (15.9%) |
| Endocrinology | 6006 | 634 (0.11) | 92 (14.5%) | 370 (58.4%) |
| Gastroenterology | 7010 | 3073 (0.44) | 486 (15.8%) | 674 (21.9%) |
| Geriatrics (2018–2019 only) | 320 | 17 (0.05) | 0 (0%) | 5 (29.4%) |
| Internal Diseases | 9509 | 17,826 (1.87) | 5851 (32.8%) | 3799 (21.3%) |
| Cardiology | 6166 | 1828 (0.30) | 520 (28.4%) | 282 (15.4%) |
| Neurology | 4920 | 2300 (0.47) | 733 (31.9%) | 603 (26.2%) |
| Psychiatry | 1661 | 510 (0.31) | 160 (31.4%) | 215 (42.2%) |
| Emergencies | 56,513 | 998 (0.02) | 141 (14.1%) | 232 (23.2%) |
| Intensive Care—general | 1054 | 3256 (3.09) | 646 (19.8%) | 501 (47.5%) |
| Intensive Care—cardiology | 2292 | 625 (0.27) | 305 (48.8%) | 374 (59.8%) |
| Paediatrics | 6048 | 10,704 (1.77) | 3517 (32.9%) | 2908 (27.2%) |
| Neonatology | 6518 | 1124 (0.17) | 371 (33.0%) | 35 (3.1%) |
| Newborn Pathology | 1077 | 2929 (2.72) | 920 (31.4%) | 50 (1.7%) |
| Total | 150,529 | 58,789 (0.39) | 15,082 (25.7%) | 14,360 (24.4%) |