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Table 4 Incidence rates of HAI during winter (Dec–Feb) compared with the rest of the year, 2018–2021

From: Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Winter

Others

IRR (95 CI%)

Winter vs. others

Total

2.03 (1.95, 2.11)

1.77 (1.73, 181)

1.14 (1.09–1.2)

RTI

0.94 (0.89, 1)

0.78 (0.75, 0.8)

1.22 (1.14–1.3)

VAP

0.02 (0.02, 0.03)

0.02 (0.01, 0.02)

1.4 (0.9–2.18)

PCI

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

1.29 (0.75–2.23)

UTI

0.14 (0.12, 0.16)

0.17 (0.15, 0.18)

0.82 (0.69–0.97)

CAUTI

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.01)

1.51 (0.84–2.73)

IAI

0.1 (0.08, 0.12)

0.07 (0.06, 0.08)

1.34 (1.08–1.65)

GI

0.13 (0.11, 0.16)

0.1 (0.09, 0.11)

1.29 (1.07–1.54)

OLI

0 (0, 0.01)

0 (0, 0)

1.8 (0.67–4.88)

DSSI

0.02 (0.01, 0.03)

0.01 (0, 0.01)

3.31 (1.88–5.82)

ICI

0.02 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0, 0.01)

2.42 (1.34–4.37)

SST

0.08 (0.07, 0.1)

0.07 (0.06, 0.07)

1.21 (0.96–1.53)

OCI

0.08 (0.06, 0.09)

0.07 (0.06, 0.08)

1.15 (0.91–1.46)

CVS

0.01 (0, 0.01)

0.01 (0.01, 0.01)

0.56 (0.25–1.26)

BSI

0.2 (0.17, 0.22)

0.22 (0.2, 0.23)

0.9 (0.78–1.04)

SSI

0.05 (0.04, 0.07)

0.04 (0.03, 0.05)

1.35 (1.01–1.8)

Others

0.21 (0.19, 0.24)

0.2 (0.19, 0.22)

1.05 (0.91–1.21)

  1. The bold values mean P < 0.05. BSI bloodstream infection, CAUTI catheter-associated urinary tract infection, CVS cardiovascular system infection, GI gastrointestinal infection, IAI intra-abdominal infection, ICI intracranial infection, OCI oral cavity infection, OLI organ lacuna infection, DSSI deep surgical site infection, PCI pleural cavity infection, RTI respiratory tract infection, SSI surgical site infection, SST skin and soft-tissue infection, UTI urinary tract infection, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia