Table 1 Incidence rates of Clostridium difficile infections in 11 surgical wards of Military Medical Academy during 2011–2012
Ward | Hospital Inpatient Days/Number of patients treated | New cases per 10000 patient-days | New cases per 1000 patients | Testing frequency per 10000 patient-days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urology | 39022/5968 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
General Surgery | 42063/4358 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
Traumatology/Orthopaedics | 44139/3716 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 12.5 |
Neurosurgery | 22546/2639 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
Maxillofacial Surgery | 16829/2242 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
Plastic Surgery and Burns | 24019/2414 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 11.2 |
Vascular Surgery | 20175/1631 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 16.9 |
Thoracic Surgery | 12408/1191 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
Cardiosurgery | 13842/827 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 14.5 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 20388/4047 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Overall | 255431/29033 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 8.5 |