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Table 4 Data from 159 ICUs with continuous participation in ICU-KISS over at least four years

From: Individual units rather than entire hospital as the basis for improvement: the example of two Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus cohort studies

Year of partici-pation

ICUs

MRSA cases

Patient days

MRSA incidence density/per 1000 patient days

IRR ICU-acquired

CI95

 

Total

Imported to ICU (%)

ICU- acquired

 

Total

Im-ported to ICU

ICU- acquired

 

1.

159

2033

1358 (67)

675

538363

3.78

2.52

1.25

1 = reference

-

2.

159

2166

1595 (74)

571

543310

3.99

2.94

1.05

0.84

0.75-0.94

3.

159

2232

1697 (76)

535

537358

4.15

3.16

1.00

0.79

0.71-0.89

4.

159

2097

1635 (78)

462

520039

4.03

3.14

0.89

0.71

0.63-0.80

Total

159

8528

6285 (74)

2243

2139070

3.99

2.94

1.05

 

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