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Table 2 The features of ICUs and HAIs in ICU, 2021

From: Evaluation of the implementation of WHO infection prevention and control core components in Turkish health care facilities: results from a WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)—based survey

Features of ICUs

Adult ICU

Neonatal ICU

Pediatric ICU

Number of centers performing intensive care unit surveillance

64

47

38

Number of hospital beds

44,845

37,916

33,062

Number of hospitalized patients

2,193,219

1,886,744

1,635,103

Number of ICU beds

5579

1597

580

Number of nurses per day bed, Median (IQR)

0.50 (0.05)

0.33 (0.25)

0.50 (0.15)

Number of nurses per bed per night, (Median (IQR)

0.50 (0.17)

0.33 (0.25)

0.50 (0.17)

Number of patients hospitalized in the ICU

247,039

51,003

16,274

Patient days in ICU

1,241,011

402,211

142,799

Number of infected patients in ICU

18,276

979

649

Number of nosocomial infections in ICU

11,969

1237

806

Number, Non-device-associated nosocomial infection in ICU

3161

649

259

Number, Device-associated nosocomial infection in ICU

8808

588

547

Device utilization ratio

Central line utilization ratio

0.46

0.2

0.5

Urinary catheter utilization ratio

0.88

0.007

0.3

Ventilator utilization ratio

0.36

0.17

0.5

Incidence density of device-associated HAI (per 1000 device days)

CLABSI

7.1

6.9

4.9

CA-UTI

0.13

2.8

0.9

VAP

4.8

1.9

2.1

VAE

2,8

  

Non-device-associated HAI in ICU (per 1000 patients days)

BSI

0.12

0.9

0.8

UTI

0.3

0.2

0.2

Pneumonia

0.8

0.06

0.2

LRI

0.04

0.003

0.04

Skin and soft tissue infection

0.15

0.05

0.2

Bone and joint infection

0.009

0

0

Cardiovascular system infection

0.005

0.003

0.01

Eye, ear, nose, throat and mouth infections

0.015

0.1

0.06

CNI

0.05

0.1

0.1

GI

0.03

0.2

0.04

RI

0.005

0

0

Systemic infections

0.0008

0.01

0.03

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, HAI Health care-associated infection, TRH training and research hospital, UH university hospital, CH city hospital, SH state hospital, PH private hospital, CLABSI Central line- associated blood stream infections, CA-UTI Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, VAE Ventilator-associated event, VAP Ventilator-associated pneumonia, BSI blood stream infections, UTI urinary tract infection, LRI Lower respiratory tract infection, other than pneumonia, CNI Central nervous system infection, GI Gastrointestinal system infection, RI Reproductive tract infection, IQR interquartile range