Table 5 Crude prevalence of HAI and antimicrobial use, ECDC-PPS 2017 (Belgium, acute care hospitals)
Total number of patients | Patients with at least one HAI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Crude prevalence (%) | 95% CI | ||
Total prevalence | 11,800 | 856 | 7.3 | 6.8–7.7 |
Total prevalence with exclusion of psychiatry, rehabilitation and long-term care | 10,041 | 776 | 7.7 | 7.2–8.3 |
Prevalence by hospital type | ||||
Primary | 7214 | 489 | 6.8 | 6.2–7.4 |
Secondary | 3337 | 253 | 7.6 | 6.7–8.5 |
Tertiary | 1249 | 114 | 9.1 | 7.5–10.7 |
Prevalence by patient specialty | ||||
Medicine | 3600 | 265 | 7.4 | 6.5–8.2 |
Surgery | 2531 | 204 | 8.1 | 7.0–9.1 |
Intensive care | 583 | 122 | 20.9 | 17.6–24.2 |
Geriatrics | 1813 | 158 | 8.7 | 7.4–10.0 |
Obstetrics/ Maternity | 583 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.5–2.5 |
Healthy neonates | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Neonatology | 121 | 4 | 3.3 | 0.1–6.6 |
Pediatrics | 464 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.1–4.0 |
Psychiatry | 823 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.4–1.8 |
Rehabilitation | 903 | 67 | 7.4 | 5.7–9.1 |
Long-term care | 33 | 4 | 12.1 | 1.0–23.3 |
Mix | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Other | 50 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.0–9.4 |