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Table 4 Accuracy of surveillance data and disagreement between longitudinal study and surveillance data

From: Incidence, accuracy, and barriers of diagnosing healthcare-associated infections: a case study in southeast Iran

No. of cases according to surveillance system

No. of cases detected according to the longitudinal study

Non HAIs

HAIsϮ

Not VAP

VAPϯ

Not SSI

SSIф

Not BSI

BSI2

Not UTI

UTI1

No

295

34

360

4

366

15

367

15

368

5

Yes

62

54

27

13

9

14

10

12

21

10

Sensitivity % (95% CI*)

61.4 (56.8, 65.9)

76.5 (72.3, 80.6)

48.3 (43.4, 53.1)

44.4 (39.6, 49.3)

66.7 (62.1, 71.3)

Specificity% (95% CI)

82.6 (79.1, 86.1)

93.1 (90.6, 95.5)

97.6 (96.1, 99.1)

97.4 (95.8, 98.9)

94.6 (92.4, 96.8)

PPV% (95% CI)

46.5 (41.9, 51.2)

32.5 (27.9, 37.1)

60.9 (56.1, 65.6)

54.5 (49.7, 59.4)

32.3 (27.7, 36.8)

NPVɠ% (95% CI)

89.7 (86.8, 92.5)

98.9 (97.9, 99.9)

96.1 (94.2, 98.1)

96.1 (94.2, 98.1)

98.7 (97.5, 99.8)

Kappaɰ (95% CI)

0.4 (0.30, 0.48)

0.42 (0.33, 0.51)

0.51 (0.41, 0.60)

0.46 (0.36, 0.55)

0.41 (0.31, 0.05)

  1. PPV: positive predictive value; ɠNPV: negative predictive value; ɰKappa: Cohen’s kappa; ϮHAIs: healthcare-associated infections; ϯVAP: possible ventilator-associated pneumonia; фSSI: surgical site infection; 2BSI: bloodstream infection; 1UTI: urinary tract infection; *CI: confidence intervals