Table 1.

Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections by ward specialty.

Areas	Patients	Patients with at Least One HAI	Prevalence (%) of HAIs (95% CI)
Geriatrics	32	4	12.5 (3.5–29.0)
Obstetrics/Gynecology	48	1	2.1 (0.1–11.1)
Medicine	272	35	12.9 (9.1–17.4)
Neonatology	23	0	0.0
Pediatrics	12	0	0.0
Psychiatry	9	0	0.0
Surgery	196	10	5.1 (2.5–9.2)
Other	3	1	33.3 (0.8–90.1)
Intensive Care Unit	34	7	20.6 (8.7–37.9)
Long-Term Care	26	1	3.9 (0.1–19.6)
Total	655	59	9.0 (6.9–11.5)