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Table 1 Prevalence of HAIs among 19,468 patients at Haukeland University hospital, 2004-2011

From: Mortality related to hospital-associated infections in a tertiary hospital; repeated cross-sectional studies between 2004-2011

Type of infection

n

% (95 % CI)

All infections

1662

8.5 % (95 % CI: 8.1, 8.9)

Urinary tract

407

2.1 % (95 % CI 1.9, 2.3)

Lower respiratory

428

2.2 % (95 % CI: 2.0, 2.4)

Blood stream

89

0.5 % (95 CI: 0.4, 0.6)

Surgical site

311

1.6 % (95 % CI: 1.4, 1.8)

Surgical sitea

311

4.5 % (95 % CI: 4.2, 4.8)

  1. aAmong 6925 operated patients