Variable | Surgical care (n = 450) | Non-surgical care (n = 470) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | HAI (%/)*** | Total | RR (95% CI) | ARR(95% CI) | HAI (%) | Total | RR(95%CI) | ARR(95% CI) |
Age in years | ||||||||
  < 18 | 20(33.33) | 60 |  |  | 20(27.40) | 73 |  |  |
 18–30 | 28(13.53) | 207 | 0.41(0.25,0.67)* | 0.54(0.32,0.93)* | 19(15,45) | 123 | 0.56(0.32,0.98) | 0.61(0.34,1.07 |
 31–45 | 25(22.94) | 109 | 0.69(0.42,1.13) | 0.94(0.56,1.55) | 27(18.24) | 148 | 0.67(0.40,1.10) | 0.54(0.31,0.93) |
  > 45 | 26(35.14) | 74 | 1.05(0.66,1.69) | 1.07(0.66,1.46) | 7(5.56) | 126 | 0.20(0.09,0.46 | 0.22(0.10,0.48) |
Gender | ||||||||
 Male | 52(30.95) | 168 | 1.85 (1.32,2.62)* | 1.44(0.97,2.14) | 32(13.79) | 232 | 0.80, (0.52,1.22) | 0.97(0.64,1.49) |
 Female | 47(16.67) | 282 |  |  | 41(17.23) | 238 |  |  |
Previous hospitalization### | ||||||||
 Yes | 20(44.44) | 45 | 2.28(1.56,3.34)* | 1.65(1.07,2.54) | 6(23.08) | 26 | 1.53(0.73,3.19) |  |
 No | 79(19.51) | 405 |  |  | 67(15.09) | 444 |  |  |
Type of surgery | Â | Â | Â | Â | NA | Â | Â | Â |
 Elective | 60(27.03) | 222 | 1.58 (1.10, 2.26)* | 0.98(0.65,1.46) |  |  |  |  |
 Emergency | 39(17.11) | 228 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Type of wound # | Â | Â | Â | Â | NA | Â | Â | Â |
 Contaminated/ dirty | 13(23.64) | 55 | 1.30(0.77,2.22) | 0.81(0.47,1.42) |  |  |  |  |
 Clean contaminated | 28(35.90) | 78 | 1.98(1.35,2.89)* | 1.28(0.85,1.94) |  |  |  |  |
 Clean | 56 (18.12) | 309 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recent endotracheal intubation | ||||||||
 Yes | 24(19.83) | 121 | 0.87(0.58,1.31) |  | 2(40) | 5 | 2.62(0.87,7.82) |  |
 No | 75(22.80) | 329 |  |  | 71(15.27) | 465 |  |  |
Chest tube | ||||||||
 Yes | 2(16.67) | 12 | 0.75(0.21,2.70) |  | 3(75.00) | 4 | 5.05(2.75,9.26)* | 4.14(2.30,7.46) |
 No | 97(22.15) | 438 |  |  | 69(14.84) | 465 |  |  |
Mechanical ventilator | ||||||||
 Yes | 3(37.50) | 8 | 1.72(0.69,4.29) |  | 12(35.29) | 34 | 2.52(1.51,4.20)* | 1.99(1.06,3.74) |
 No | 96(21.72) | 442 |  |  | 61(13.99) | 436 |  |  |
Indwelling urinary catheter | ||||||||
 Yes | 48(19.12) | 251 | 0.74(0.53,1.05) |  | 17(28.33) | 60 | 2.07(1.29,3.32)* | 1.28(0.76,2.14) |
 No | 51(25.63) | 199 |  |  | 56(13.66) | 410 |  |  |
IV line | ||||||||
 Yes | 80(21.45) | 373 | 0.87(0.56,1.34) |  | 30(20.13) | 149 | 1.50(0.98,2.29) |  |
 No | 19(24.68) | 77 |  |  | 43(13.40) | 321 |  |  |
Naso-gastric tube | ||||||||
 Yes | 3(9.68) | 31 | 0.42(0.14,1.25) |  | 5(25.00) | 20 | 1.67(0.76,3.69) |  |
 No | 96(22.91) | 419 |  |  | 67(14.32) | 449 |  |  |
Preoperative prophylaxis# | Â | Â | Â | Â | NA | Â | Â | Â |
 Given | 88(22.11) | 398 | 0.98(0.56,1.71) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Not given | 11(22.45) | 49 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Underlying disease | ||||||||
 Yes | 9(13.85) | 65 | 0.59(0.31,1.11) |  | 44(24.58) | 179 | 2.54(1.64,3.93)* | 2.01(1.33,3.04) |
 No | 90(23.38) | 385 |  |  | 28(9.66) | 290 |  |  |