Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
State of the Art
Feeding Back Surveillance Data To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections
Table 2
Decrease in hospital-acquired infection rates, NNIS, 1990-1999
Bloodstream | Ventilator-associated | Urinary tract | |
---|---|---|---|
Type of ICU | infection ratea (%) | pneumonia rate (%) | infection rateb (%) |
Coronary | 43 | 42 | 40 |
Medical | 44 | 56 | 46 |
Surgical | 31 | 38 | 30 |
Pediatric | 32 | 26 | 59 |
aCentral line associated.
bCatheter associated.