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Table 4 Risk perception of travelling patients in relation to HRMO positivity at admission

From: Pre-COVID-19 international travel and admission to hospital when back home: travel behavior, carriage of highly resistant microorganisms, and risk perception of patients admitted to a large tertiary care hospital

Opinion about risk of acquiring HRMO after travel

HRMO-positive at admission, n = 7

HRMO-negative at admission, n = 110

Aware that travel could lead to HRMO acquisition (%)

4 (57.1)

75 (68.2)

Risk of acquiring HRMO is no problem (%)

0 (0)

5 (4.5)

Aware that travel comes with risks (%)

3 (42.9)

31 (28.2)

Unpleasant, but will still travel (%)

1 (14.3)

57 (51.8)

Risk of acquiring HRMO is scary (%)

1 (14.3)

7 (6.4)

Other, or combination of answers (%)

2 (28.6)

10 (9.1)

Hospitals should screen for HRMO in case of a travel history (%)

6 (85.7)

94a (86.2)

  1. Relevant differences in percentages indicated in bold text
  2. HRMO; highly resistant microorganism
  3. aOne missing answer