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Table 1 Clusters detected by the automated cluster alert system in the year 2019

From: Implementation of an automated cluster alert system into the routine work of infection control and hospital epidemiology: experiences from a tertiary care university hospital

Cluster size

All wards

Adult non-ICUs

Adult ICUs

Neonatal/pediatric wards

 

Number (%) or

Value

Number (%) or

Value

Number (%) or

Value

Number (%) or

Value

All

1714 (100)

966 (100)

628 (100)

120 (70)

2

1026 (59.9)

592 (61.3)

364 (58.0)

70 (58.3)

3

430 (25.1)

247 (25.6)

160 (25.5)

23 (19.2)

4

150 (8.8)

81 (8.4)

57 (9.1)

12 (10)

5

52 (3.0)

22 (2.3)

21 (3.3)

9 (7.5)

6

33 (1.9)

12 (1.2)

16 (2.5)

5 (4.2)

7

9 (0.5)

2 (0.2)

7 (1.1)

0 (0)

8

10 (0.6)

6 (0.6)

3 (0.5)

1 (0.8)

>8

4 (0.2)

4 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

First quartile

2

2

2

2

Median

2

2

2

2

Third quartile

3

3

3

3

  1. Stratification by cluster size (number of isolates) and ward type. ICU intensive care unit