Table 2 Incidence of healthcare-associated infection in patients admitted to Libyan national hospitals

Hospital

TMC

719

6931

7650

9.4%

0.5461

0.4997 to 0.5967

13.337

P < 0.0001

TCH

556

3365

3921

14.2%

1.0501

0.9509 to 1.1596

0.966

P = 0.3340

BMC

1120

5139

6259

17.9%

1.5910

1.4681 to 1.7241

11.327

P < 0.0001

SMC

642

3698

4340

14.8%

1.1188

1.0182 to 1.2294

2.336

P = 0.0195

Ward

Medical

871

6485

7356

11.8%

0.7764

0.7138–0.8445

5.903

P < 0.0001

Surgery

920

5793

6713

13.7%

1.0007

0.9207–1.0877

0.017

P = 0.9862

Ob/Gyn

448

3528

3976

11.3%

0.7654

0.6879–0.8516

4.910

P < 0.0001

Pediatric

419

2436

2855

14.7%

1.0970

0.9812–1.2265

1.627

P = 0.1038

ICU

379

891

1270

29.8%

2.9195

2.5715–3.3145

16.548

P < 0.0001

Sex

Male

1248

8963

10,211

12.2%

0.7915

0.7324–0.8555

5.900

P < 0.0001

Female

1789

10,170

11,959

15.0%

1.2634

1.1690–1.3654

5.900

P < 0.0001

Age (years)

< 18

303

2552

2855

10.6%

0.7201

0.6350–08166

5.117

P < 0.0001

18–30

36

1094

1130

3.2%

0.1978

0.1416–0.2763

9.503

P < 0.0001

31–40

83

2290

2373

3.5%

0.2067

0.1654–0.2581

13.891

P < 0.0001

41–50

774

5069

5843

13.2%

0.9489

0.8693–1.0359

1.171

P = 0.2416

51–60

1566

5384

6950

22.5%

2.7191

2.5155–2.9392

25.190

P < 0.0001

> 60

275

2744

3019

9.1%

0.5947

0.5220–0.6775

7.814

P < 0.0001