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Table 1 Infection rate of nosocomial infection in different wards

From: Nosocomial infections in an Iranian educational hospital: an evaluation study of the Iranian nosocomial infection surveillance system

Ward

No of nosocomial infections

Total number of hospitalized patients

NI Infection rate (%)

Internal & Neurology ICUs

204

551

37.02

Internal

29

1601

1.81

Neurology

21

1623

1.29

Surgery

25

3471a

0.72

CCU

3

947

0.32

Gynecology

3

1477

0.20

All

285

9670

2.95

  1. ICU intensive care unit; CCU critical care unit
  2. aTotal number of recorded surgeries