Table 1 Characteristics of index and contact patients
| Â | Regional | Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Hospital 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | Contacts | Index | Contacts | Index | Contacts | Index | Contacts | |
Number of patients | 35 | 69 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 21 |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male (%) | 13 (37.1%) | 44 (63.8%) | 5 (38.5%) | 21 (60.0%) | 4 (50.0%) | 7 (53.8%) | 4 (28.6%) | 16 (76.2%) |
Mean age (SD) | 72.1 (12.0) | 70.7 (15.2) | 73.3 (11.5) | 74.9 (14.7) | 65.9 (13.7) | 70.3 (13.3) | 74.5 (11.0) | 64.0 (15.1) |
Median number of contacts (range) | 2 (1–5) | NA | 3 (1–4) | NA | 1 (1–5) | NA | 1 (1–3) | NA |
Median admission time in days (range) | 10 (2–36) | 11 (1–133) | 10 (2–24) | 10 (2–48) | 11.5 (5–32) | 12 (8–29) | 8 (4–36) | 12 (1–133) |
Median number of transfers (range) | 3 (1–8) | 2 (1–9) | 3 (2–8) | 2 (1–9) | 3.5 (2–8) | 3 (2–6) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–5) |
Median contact time in days (range) | NA | 2 (0.5–9) | NA | 1 (0.5–6) | NA | 4 (1–6) | NA | 3 (0.5–9) |
Median time between end of contact and sampling (range) | NA | 1 (−2–12) | NA | 1 (−1–8) | NA | 2 (0–12) | NA | 0 (−2–7) |
Wounds (%) | NA | 13 (18.8%) | NA | 6 (17.1%) | NA | 2 (15.4%) | NA | 5 (23.8%) |
Antibiotic use during sampling (%) | NA | 25 (36.2%) | NA | 13 (37.1%) | NA | 6 (46.2%) | NA | 6 (28.6%) |