Table 2.
General information on catheterized patients with nosocomial infections.
| Hospital | Unit | Country |
Nosocomial infection rate, n (%) |
Male: Female | Age range | Main reasons for catheterization | Antibiotics during catheterization | Study |
| University Children's Hospital | NICU | Poland | 15/40 (37.5) |
27:13 | 23 to 41 weeks | Prematurity, therapeutic hypothermia monitoring, congenital disorders, and meconium aspiration syndrome | Yes | (Sobczak et al., 2019) |
| N/A | N/A | Pakistan | 203/344 (59.0) |
129:74 | 10 to 60 years | N/A | N/A | (Sohail & Latif, 2018) |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | ICU | USA | 16/22 (72.7) |
14:8 | 1 to 14 years | N/A | Yes | (Jain et al., 2016) |
| Hospital Materno-Infantil Cochapamba | ICU | Bolivia | 29/32 (90.6) |
15:14 | 1 month to 5 years | Pneumonia, septicemia, and meningitis | Yes | (Cerezales et al., 2018) |
| University Hospital of Vern | Nephrology | Switzerland | 17/26 (65.3) |
18:8 | 29 to 83 years | Dialysis | Yes | (Fux et al., 2005) |
| Erasme University Hospital | ICU, nephrology, gastroenterology, neurology | Belgium | 20/128 (15.6) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | (Cherifi et al., 2014) |
| A teaching hospital in Rio de Janeiro | NICU | Brazil | 21/40 (53.0) |
N/A | 0 to 28 days | N/A | Yes | (Pereira et al., 2014) |
| St. Anne's University Hospital | N/A | Czech Republic | 149/172 (85.0) |
104:71 | 0 to 100 years | N/A | N/A | (Olejnickova et al., 2014) |
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; N/A: Not Available.