Table 1 Patient characteristics and sample information available for the analysed samples
Patient characteristics | n (% total) |
|---|---|
Female | 24,923 (52%) |
Male | 22,649 (48%) |
Age range | |
0–20 | 3593 (8%) |
20–40 | 7513 (16%) |
40–60 | 9716 (20%) |
60–80 | 17,263 (36%) |
80+ | 9487 (20%) |
Institution ordering test | |
University Hospital Basel | 43,182 (91%) |
- Emergency department and outpatient department | 21,496 (45%) |
- Medicine | 7968 (17%) |
- Surgery | 7580 (16%) |
- Intensive care | 2984 (6%) |
- Gynaecology/Obstetrics | 3154 (7%) |
Children’s Hospital Basel | 3305 (7%) |
Physicians, resident homes and others | 1048 (2%) |
Unknown | 37 (0%) |
Material Category | |
Midstream | 31,157 (65%) |
One-time catheter | 4456 (9%) |
Indwelling catheter | 7696 (16%) |
Other sources1 | 4263 (9%) |
Total | 47,572 (100%) |