Table 1.
Characteristics of patients
| Variable, n=1820 | n (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 848 (46.6) |
| Female | 972 (53.4) |
| Age in years | |
| 0–17 | 616 (33.8) |
| 18–39 | 690 (37.9) |
| 40–64 | 371 (20.4) |
| ≥65 | 143 (7.9) |
| Type of preterm for pre-term babies, n=90 | |
| Late preterm | 39 (43.3) |
| Moderate preterm | 26 (28.9) |
| Very preterm | 24 (26.7) |
| Extremely preterm | 1 (0.1) |
| Ward/unit type | |
| Adult medical ward | 340 (18.7) |
| Adult surgical ward | 330 (18.1) |
| Obstetrics/gynaecology ward | 309 (17.0) |
| Neonatal intensive care unit | 184 (10.1) |
| Adult emergency ward | 181 (9.9) |
| Paediatric medical ward | 146 (8.0) |
| Paediatric emergency ward | 120 (6.6) |
| Adult intensive care unit | 57 (3.1) |
| Paediatric surgical ward | 56 (3.1) |
| Paediatric high risk wards | 42 (2.3) |
| Adult high risk wards | 42 (2.3) |
| Paediatric intensive care unit | 13 (0.7) |
| Current hospitalisation malarial status | |
| Yes | 33 (1.8) |
| No | 1439 (79.1) |
| Unknown | 348 (19.1) |
| Previous malarial treatment history | |
| Yes | 41 (2.3) |
| No | 1517 (83.3) |
| Unknown | 262 (14.4) |
| Active tuberculosis | |
| Yes | 76 (4.2) |
| No | 1499 (82.4) |
| Unknown | 245 (13.4) |
| HIV infection status | |
| Positive | 194 (10.7) |
| Negative | 1421 (78.0) |
| Unknown | 205 (11.3) |
| Patients having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 28 (1.5) |
| Patients with malnutrition | 277 (15.2) |
| Referred from another hospital | 501 (27.5) |
| Patients having hospitalisation history within 90 days | 562 (30.9) |
| Patients with peripheral vascular catheter at 08:00 on the day of the survey | 1535 (84.3) |
| Patients with urinary catheter at 08:00 on the day of the survey | 403 (22.1) |
| Patients that were intubated at 08:00 on the day of the survey | 71 (3.9) |