Table 3 The device-associated infection rate and device utilization (DU) ratio
Month | Patient days | CAUTI | CABSI | VAP | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Catheter days | CAUTI rate | DU ratio | No | Catheter days | CABSI rate | DU ratio | No | Ventilator days | Vap rate | DU ratio | ||
Jan | 1161 | 3 | 437 | 6.9 | 37.6 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 13.1 | 5 | 474 | 10.6 | 40.8 |
Feb | 972 | 3 | 314 | 9.6 | 32.3 | 1 | 74 | 13.4 | 7.6 | 4 | 381 | 10.5 | 39.2 |
Mar | 1100 | 4 | 360 | 11.1 | 32.7 | 1 | 152 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 3 | 566 | 5.3 | 51.5 |
Apr | 1045 | 1 | 243 | 4.1 | 23.3 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 18.9 | 5 | 474 | 10.5 | 45.4 |
May | 947 | 3 | 210 | 14.3 | 22.2 | 1 | 25 | 40.3 | 2.6 | 3 | 482 | 6.2 | 50.9 |
Jun | 769 | 3 | 205 | 14.6 | 26.7 | 1 | 118 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 3 | 335 | 9 | 43.6 |
Jul | 853 | 3 | 248 | 12.1 | 29.1 | 3 | 130 | 23 | 15.2 | 6 | 304 | 19.7 | 35.6 |
Aug | 748 | 2 | 197 | 10.2 | 26.3 | 1 | 37 | 26.9 | 4.9 | 7 | 262 | 26.7 | 35.0 |
Sep | 805 | 3 | 464 | 6.5 | 57.6 | 1 | 153 | 6.5 | 19.0 | 4 | 253 | 15.8 | 31.4 |
Oct | 1083 | 0 | 451 | 0 | 41.6 | 1 | 226 | 4.4 | 20.9 | 2 | 492 | 4.1 | 45.4 |
Nov | 970 | 1 | 344 | 2.9 | 35.5 | 0 | 192 | 0 | 19.8 | 3 | 478 | 6.3 | 49.3 |
Dec | 1048 | 2 | 311 | 6.4 | 29.7 | 2 | 164 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 2 | 295 | 6.8 | 28.1 |
Total | 11,501 | 28 | 3784 | 7.4 | 32.9 | 12 | 1622 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 47 | 4796 | 9.8 | 41.7 |