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Table 1 Overall Antimicrobial Prevalence by Ward Type in Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal Patients

From: The 2017 global point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Canadian hospitals

Adult

Overall

AMW

HO-AMW

T-AMW

P-AMW

ASW

AICU

Number of patients on ward, N

3447

1947

47

50

54

944

405

Number of patients receiving antimicrobials, N (%)

1187 (34.4)

553 (28.4)

17 (36.2)

39 (78.0)

29 (53.7)

364 (38.6)

185 (45.7)

Number of antimicrobials received, N

1685

764

29

97

59

475

261

Pediatric and Neonatal

Overall

PMW and GNMW

HO-PMW

T-PMW

PSW

PICU and NICU

Number of patients on ward, N

671

278

37

40

105

211

Number of patients receiving antimicrobials, N (%)

213 (31.7)

66 (23.7)

32 (86.5)

23 (57.5)

34 (32.4)

58 (27.5)

Number of antimicrobials received, N

356

88

70

49

46

103

  1. Abbreviations: AICU adult intensive care unit, AMW adult medical ward, ASW adult surgical ward, GNMW general neonatal medical ward, HO-AMW hematology-oncology AMW, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, P-AMW pneumology-AMW, PICU pediatric intensive care unit, PMW pediatric medical ward, PSW pediatric surgical ward, T-AMW transplant-AMW