Surveillance of catheter-associated bloodstream infections: development and validation of a fully automated algorithm

Table 1 Demographics of the study population presented by episodes

Number of episodes	CRBSI (N = 5)	CLABSI (N = 109)	ICU-BSI (N = 280)	Positive blood cultures from patients with an ICU stay (N = 853)
Number of patients	5	96	223	346
Age median [IQR]	58.3 [32.3–68.5]	63.8 [50.6–70.9]	63.6 [50.5–71.7]	61.7 [50–70]
Female N (%)	2 (40%)	28 (26.4)	73 (26.8%)	205 (24%)
30-day mortality N (%)	0	39 (35.4)	84 (30)	200 (23.4)

Data are presented by episode: one patient can have several episodes (e.g. 280 ICU-BSI episodes occurred in 223 patients)
IQR Interquartile range, N Number, ICU Intensive care unit, CRBSI Catheter related bloodstream infection, CLABSI Central line associated bloodstream infection, BSI Bloodstream infection, % Percent

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