Table 6.
Characteristics of the hospital and of the Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Unit (ICAU) in 2018–2020.
| Parameter under Analysis | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Number of the treated/hospitalized | 67.064 | 67.466 | 58.854 |
| Number of C. difficile cases | 86 | 91 | 68 |
| Number of tests for C. difficile | 613 | 637 | 499 |
| Mean length of stay for hospitalization with diagnosis of C. difficile (24 h) | 14.61 | 20.30 | 12.57 |
| Total number of HAI | 762 | 671 | 621 |
| Incidence (HAI) per 100 admitted patients [%] | 2.35 | 2.04 | 2.50 |
| Overall number of bacteriological tests | 21.204 | 25.065 | 21.118 |
| Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Unit | |||
| Number of C. difficile infections, toxin A/B | 25 | 27 | 18 |
| Number of hospitalizations | 420 | 406 | 403 |
| Number of person-days of hospitalization | 6092 | 6001 | 6264 |
| Number of nosocomial HAI infections | 143 | 114 | 104 |
| Incidence (HAI) per 100 admitted patients [%] | 34.05 | 28.08 | 25.8 |
| Incidence (HAI) per 1000 person-days of hospitalization | 23.47 | 19.00 | 16.6 |