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Table 2 Comparison of HAId and non-HAI Patients Surveyed

From: Assessing the magnitude and trends in hospital acquired infections in Canadian hospitals through sequential point prevalence surveys

 

Non-HAI Patients

N = 8780

HAI Patients

N = 1173

P value

 

N

%

N

%

 

Age in years ± SD

57.9 ± 27.7

62 ± 25

 

 Median (min-max)

65 (0–108)

68 (0–99)

Male Gendera

4492

51.2

609

51.9

0.6409

Unit Type

 Medicine/Pediatric

3455

39.4

385

32.8

<0.0001

 Surgery

2577

29.4

382

32.6

0.0248

 Intensive Care

934

10.6

207

17.6

<0.0001

 Oncology/Hematology

313

3.6

37

3.2

0.5543

 Critical Carec

221

2.5

12

1.0

0.0007

 Transplant

153

1.7

24

2.0

0.4794

 Trauma

70

0.8

6

0.5

0.3720

 Gynecology/Obstetrics

149

1.7

8

0.7

0.0058

 Others

908

10.3

112

9.5

0.4419

Receiving antimicrobial agent(s)

2925

33.3

1073

91.5

0.0001

Isolation Precautionsb

 None

7649

87.1

83.4

71.1

0.0001

 Droplet

209

2.3

49

4.2

0.0001

 Air

72

0.8

3

0.3

0.0305

 Contact

1000

11.4

316

26.9

0.0001

 Other

5

0.06

2

0.2

0.1955

  1. aDoes not add to 8780 due to missing data
  2. bColumn adds up to a number greater than sample size due to patients being in multiple types of isolation
  3. cCritical care refers to those patients in critical and coronary units with mechanical ventilation
  4. dHAI is the abbreviation for Health care associated infections