Table 6 Distribution of main groups of HAIs by patient specialty, ECDC-PPS 2017 (Belgium, acute care hospitals)
Patient Specialty | Number (%) of infections by main HAI group | Total (%) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJ | BSI | CNS | CRI | CVS | EENT | GI | LRTI | NEO | PN | REPR | SSI | SST | SYS | UTI | ||
Medicine | 2 (0.7) | 40 (14.2) | 7 (2.5) | 3 (1.1) | 10 (3.6) | 32 (11.4) | 10 (3.6) | 69 (24.6) | 1 (0.4) | 16 (5.7) | 14 (5.0) | 20 (7.1) | 57 (20.3) | 281 (30.8) | ||
Surgery | 3 (1.4) | 21 (9.6) | 3 (1.4) | 3 (1.4) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | 15 (6.9) | 2 (0.9) | 20 (9.1) | 1 (0.5) | 95 (43.4) | 8 (3.7) | 6 (2.7) | 39 (17.8) | 219 (24.0) | |
Intensive care | 24 (17.8) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (2.2) | 9 (6.7) | 14 (10.4) | 49 (36.3) | 15 (11.1) | 1 (0.7) | 5 (3.7) | 12 (8.9) | 135 (14.8) | ||||
Geriatrics | 15 (9.0%) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.8) | 22 (13.3) | 10 (6.0) | 43 (25.9) | 5 (3.0) | 7 (4.2) | 5 (3.0) | 54 (32.5) | 166 (18.2) | |||||
Obstetrics/Maternity | 1 (10.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (1.1) | |||||||||||
Healthy neonates | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Neonatology | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (0.4) | |||||||||||
Pediatrics | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | 3 (25.0) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) | 12 (1.3) | |||||||
Psychiatry | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 4 (44.4) | 9 (1.0) | |||||||||||
Rehabilitation | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.9) | 5 (7.4) | 5 (7.4) | 11 (16.2) | 14 (20.6) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.9) | 24 (35.3) | 68 (7.5) | ||||
Long-term care | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (0.5) | |||||||||||
Mix | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Other | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (0.2) | |||||||||||||
Total | 6 (0.7) | 105 (11.5) | 4 (0.4) | 14 (1.5) | 9 (1.0) | 19 (2.1) | 87 (9.6) | 45 (4.9) | 0 | 197 (21.6) | 2 (0.2) | 154 (16.9) | 35 (3.8) | 40 (4.4) | 194 (21.3) | 911 |