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Table 1 Characteristics of Patients Surveyed in 2009

From: Assessing the magnitude and trends in hospital acquired infections in Canadian hospitals through sequential point prevalence surveys

 

All Patients

N = 9953

aAdults

N = 8565 (86.1 %)

Children

N = 622 (6.2 %)

Infants

N = 729 (7.3 %)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Male Genderb

5101

51.3

4367

51.3

324

52.1

394

54.0

Unit Type

 Medicine/Pediatric

3840

38.6

3501

40.9

226

36.3

101

13.9

 Surgery

2959

29.7

2802

32.7

123

19.8

25

3.4

 Intensive Care

1141

11.5

532

6.2

53

8.5

551

75.6

 Oncology/Hematology

350

3.5

244

2.8

98

15.8

6

0.8

 Critical Cared

233

2.3

233

2.7

0

0

0

0

 Transplant

177

1.8

139

1.6

33

5.3

4

0.5

 Trauma

76

0.8

71

0.8

2

0.3

3

0.4

 Gynecology/Obstetrics

157

1.6

146

1.7

0

0

7

1.0

 Others

1020

10.2

897

10.5

87

14.0

32

4.4

 Total

9953

100

8565

100

622

100

729

100

Receiving antimicrobial agent(s)

3998

40.2

3442

40.2

329

52.9

214

29.4

Isolation Precautionsc

 None

8483

85.2

7322

85.5

483

77.7

648

88.9

 Droplet

258

2.6

114

1.3

87

14.0

55

7.5

 Air

75

0.8

53

0.6

15

2.4

6

0.8

 Contact

1316

13.2

1136

13.3

110

17.7

64

8.8

 Other

7

0.07

4

0.05

2

0.32

1

0.14

HAI Presente

1173

11.8

1053

12.3

66

10.6

52

7.1

  1. aAdults are defined as 18 years of age and older, children age 1–17 years of age, and infants as under 1 year of age
  2. bDoes not add to 9953 due to missing data
  3. cColumns add up to a number greater than sample size due to patients being in multiple types of isolation
  4. d Critical care refers to those patients in critical and coronary units with or without mechanical ventilation
  5. eHAI Health care associated infections