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Table 2 HAIs per 1000 devices days: VAP, CVC-BSI, and CAUTI.

From: Health-care associated infections rates, length of stay, and bacterial resistance in an intensive care unit of Morocco: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Infection site

Device type

Device-days

Device utilization

HAI

Distribution of HAI (%)

Rate per 100 patients

Rate per 1000 device-days

VAP

MV

3.174

0.28

137

54.6%

7.9%

43.16

CVC-BSI

CVC

2.164

0.19

34

13.5%

2.0%

15.71

CAUTI

UC

6,814

0.60

80

31.9%

4.6%

11.74

  1. HAI: Health care associated infection; VAP: Ventilator-associated pneumonia, CVC-BSI: central vascular catheter-associated blood stream infection. CAUTI: catheter-associated urinary tract infection; MV: Mechanical Ventilator; UC: Urinary catheter.