Table 1 Recent reports describing incidence of symptomatic catheter-acquired urinary infection
Country (ref) | Population | CA-UTI rate/1,000 catheter days |
|---|---|---|
France[13] | ICU | 14.8 (1995); |
| Â | Â | 8.8 (2004) |
Germany[14] | ICU | 1.39 (before 2000), |
| Â | Â | 0.83 (2001, 2002), |
| Â | Â | 0.68 (2003 or later) |
15 developing countries[15] | ICU | 7.86 (pre-intervention); |
| Â | Â | 4.95 (post-intervention) |
US NHSN[10] | Critical Care | 1.2 – 4.1 |
| Â | Medical | 1.5 |
| Â | Surgical | 3.2 |
| Â | Burn | 4.8 |
| Â | Postpartum | 0.5 |
| Â | Rehabilitation | 3.1 |
Cyprus[16] | ICU | 2.0 – 3.0 |