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Table 2 Descriptive statistics on target units (N = 48 hospitals)

From: Impact of a pulsed xenon disinfection system on hospital onset Clostridioides difficile infections in 48 hospitals over a 5-year period

Year

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

HO-CDI count

587

1054

894

398

150

HO-CDI rate

11.12

9.45

7.63

5.45

3.55

Patient days

525,104

1,115,237

1,172,322

729,967

422,638

PX-UV cycles

33,835

95,115

255,501

252,847

205,342

Rooms disinfected

15,458

39,403

106,692

101,501

71,457

Compliance rate

13.52

17.28

39.78

55.97

64.84

Discharges and transfers

114,354

228,035

268,180

181,339

110,206

No. of observations per year

243

433

503

338

180

  1. HO-CDI Hospital Onset C. difficile, PX-UV Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet