Fig. 1From: An observational case study of hospital associated infections in a critical care unit in Astana, KazakhstanSamples for microbiological culture and analysis were obtained from patients who presented with HAI symptoms. Blood samples, removed intravascular catheters, urine, urinary and wound catheters were also cultured for microbiological analysis if BSI, UTI or SSI were suspected. Comparison of rates of case-specific infections between 2014 and 2015 were performed. Statistically significant level was determined at a p-value < 0.05; and highly statistically significant level at a p-value of < 0.001. Statistically significant difference is noted for VAP, SSI and combined total between years 2014 and 2015 (statistical significance: *p-value< 0.05; **p-value< 0.001)Back to article page