Pooled means and percentiles of the distribution of device- associated infection rates, by type of ICU, from July 2019 through June 2020
| Urinary catheter-associated UTI rate |
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| Type of ICU | No. of units | No. of UTI | Urinary catheter-days | Pooled mean | 95% CI | 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| MICU | 95 | 430 | 374,579 | 1.15 | 1.04-1.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 1.71 | 3.05 |
| MCICU | 150 | 552 | 527,632 | 1.05 | 0.96-1.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 2.72 |
| SCICU | 45 | 284 | 169,235 | 1.68 | 1.49-1.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 2.44 | 3.99 |
| SICU | 24 | 141 | 97,151 | 1.45 | 1.23-1.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 2.51 | 3.74 |
| NSICU | 26 | 190 | 102,899 | 1.85 | 1.60-2.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 2.93 | 4.57 |
| Central line-associated BSI rate |
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| Type of ICU | No. of units | No. of BSI | Central line-days | Pooled mean | 95% CI | 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| MICU | 95 | 739 | 264,471 | 2.79 | 2.60-3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 3.55 | 6.77 |
| MCICU | 150 | 490 | 284,841 | 1.72 | 1.57-1.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.83 | 4.06 |
| SCICU | 45 | 219 | 108,603 | 2.02 | 1.77-2.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.99 | 2.69 | 5.05 |
| SICU | 24 | 152 | 69,961 | 2.17 | 1.85-2.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.36 | 3.27 | 5.54 |
| NSICU | 26 | 95 | 58,472 | 1.62 | 1.33-1.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 5.08 |
| Ventilator-associated PNEU rate |
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| Type of ICU | No. of units | No. of PNEU | Ventilator-days | Pooled mean | 95% CI | 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% |
| MICU | 95 | 139 | 193,172 | 0.72 | 0.61-0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.01 |
| MCICU | 150 | 152 | 161,970 | 0.94 | 0.80-1.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.54 |
| SCICU | 45 | 79 | 69,849 | 1.13 | 0.91-1.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.21 | 3.74 |
| SICU | 24 | 58 | 43,847 | 1.32 | 1.02-1.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.27 | 5.66 |
| NSICU | 26 | 42 | 36,295 | 1.16 | 0.86-1.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.99 | 3.56 |
*Pooled mean=(No. of urinary catheter-associated UTIs/No. of urinary catheter-days)×1,000; †Pooled mean=(No. of central line-associated BSIs/No. of central line-days)×1,000; ‡Pooled mean=(No. of ventilator-associated PNEUs/No. of ventilator-days)×1,000.
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; MICU, medical ICU; MCICU, medical combined ICU; SCICU, surgical combined ICU; SICU, surgical ICU; NSICU, neurosurgical ICU; UTI, urinary tract infection; BSI, bloodstream infection; PNEU, pneumonia; CI, confidence interval.
Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2021;26:115~128 https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2021.26.2.115
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