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Table 8 Pooled means and key percentiles of the distribution of urinary catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates, by type of location, adult and paediatric patients

From: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) national report on device-associated infection rates in 19 cities of Turkey, data summary for 2003–2012

Type of ICU

ICU, n

Patients

Bed days

UC days

CAUTI, n

CAUTI, rate

95% CI

Percentiles*

10

25

50

75

90

Medical Cardiac

4

5,380

22 743

14 907

49

3.3

2.4 - 4.3

-

-

-

-

-

Cardiothoracic

3

7,800

21 796

18 744

68

3.6

2.8 - 4.6

-

-

-

-

-

Medical

9

21 854

170 042

143 455

739

5.2

4.8 - 5.5

2.1

2.8

4.0

8.9

-

Medical/Surgical

19

19 410

175 470

154 422

1,220

7.9

7.5 - 8.4

2.1

2.8

5.8

9.1

13.7

Neurologic

2

3,784

30 966

29 856

596

20.0

18.4 - 21.6

-

-

-

-

-

Neurosurgical

3

5,691

39 719

36 688

347

9.5

8.5 - 10.5

-

-

-

-

-

Paediatric

7

4,235

32 148

10 981

73

6.6

5.2 - 8.4

1.1

1.8

3.9

10.7

-

Respiratory

2

1,754

14 054

12 833

50

3.9

2.9 - 5.1

-

-

-

-

-

Surgical

8

21 160

106 253

88 653

690

7.8

7.2 - 8.4

1.7

2.8

5.5

8.9

-

Pooled

57

91 068

613 191

510 539

3,832

7.5

7.3 - 7.7

1.7

2.6

4.9

8.5

14.2

  1. DA module, 2003–2012.
  2. ICU, intensive care unit; UC, urinary catheter; CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; CI, confidence interval.
  3. *Comparisons of the percentile distribution were made if there were at least 7 locations contributing to the strata.