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Table 1 Incidence of nosocomial infections at the hospital departments

From: Incidence, pathogens and resistance patterns of nosocomial infections at a rural hospital in Gabon

Department

No. nosocomial infections/no. patients

Cumulative incidence [%, 95% CI]

Incidence density

Surgical-site infection

Urinary-tract infection

Bloodstream infection

   

[per 1000 in-patient days, 95% CI]

Incidence [%, 95% CI]

Incidence density [per 1000 in-patient days, 95% CI]

Incidence [%, 95% CI]

Incidence density [per 1000 in-patient days, 95% CI]

Incidence [%, 95% CI]

Incidence density [per 1000 in-patient days, 95% CI]

Surgery

31/1022

3.0% (2.0 – 4.1)

5.1 (3.3 - 6.9)

1.4 (0.7 - 2.1)

2.3 (1.1 – 3.5)

1.1 (0.5 - 1.7)

1.8 (0.8 – 2.8)

0.2 (0.0 - 0.5)

0.3 (0 – 0.7)

Aseptic1) surgery

20/689

2.9% (1.6 – 4.2)

8.6 (4.9 - 12.3)

1.9 (0.8 - 2.9)

5.6 (2.6 – 8.5)

0.7 (0.1 - 1.4)

2.1 (0.2 – 4.1)

0.1 (0–0.4)

0.4 (0 – 1.2)

Septic2) surgery

11/333

3.3% (1.4 - 5.2)

2.9 (1.2 - 4.7)

0.3 (0–0.9)

0.3 (0 – 0.8)

1.8 (0.4 - 3.2)

1.6 (0.2 – 3.0)

0.3 (0–1.9)

0.3 (0 – 0.9)

Gynaecology

12/1047

1.1% (0.5 - 1.8)

4.0 (1.8 - 6.1)

0.6 (0.1 - 1.0)

2.0 (0.4 – 3.6)

0.1 (0.0 - 0.3)

0.3 (0 – 0.9)

0.5 (0.1 - 0.9)

1.7 (0.3 – 3.0)

Internal medicine

3/856

0.4% (0.0 - 0.7)

0.8 (0–1.8)

0 (-)

0 (-)

0 (-)

0 (-)

0.2 (0.0 - 0.5)

0.5 (0 – 1.3)

All departments

46/2925

1.6% (1.1 - 2.0)

3.6 (2.6 - 4.6)

0.7 (0.4 - 1.0)

1.6 (1.0 – 2.1)

0.4 (0.2 - 0.6)

0.9 (0.4 – 1.5)

0.3 (0.1 - 0.5)

0.7 (0.3 – 1.1)

  1. 1)Clean and clean-contaminated surgery.
  2. 2)Contaminated and dirty-infected surgery.