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Table 3 Incidence of nosocomial infection

From: Nosocomial infection in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), South Korea

Total number of newborn included

489

Total patient days

14,451 days

Neonates infected

148

Nosocomial infections (NI)

218

Number of NI per neonates infected

 

   1

95(64.2%)

   2

40(27.0%)

   ≥ 3

13(8.8%)

Infected patients/100 neonates

30.3

   Infections/100 neonates

44.6

Infected patients/1000 patient days

10.2

   Infections/1000 patient days

15.1