Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Prevalence estimates of HA-BSI among admitted patients, stratified by admitting ward, Oman.

Ward	Total	Medical	Surgical	Child health	ICU	OBGYN
		(N = 31221)	(N = 35684)	(N = 31634)	(N = 6915)	(N = 34229)
Year 2015
Cases	275	105 (38.2)	32 (11.6)	80 (29.1)	57 (20.7)	1 (0.4)
Admissions prev. (95% CI)	30598	6697 (21.9)	7961 (26.0)	6654 (21.7)	1588 (5.2)	7698 (25.2)
		15.7 (13.0, 18.9)	4.0 (2.8, 5.7)	12.0 (9.7, 14.9)	35.9 (27.8, 46.2)	0.1 (0.0, 0.7)
Year 2016
Cases	232	95 (40.9)	37 (15.9)	41 (17.7)	54 (23.3)	5 (2.2)
Admissions prev. (95% CI)	26933	6079 (22.6)	6738 (25.0)	5756 (21.4)	1407 (5.2)	6953 (25.8)
		15.6 (12.8, 19.1)	5.5 (4.0, 7.6)	7.1 (5.3, 9.6)	38.4 (29.5, 49.7)	0.7 (0.3, 1.7)
Year 2017
Cases	264	121 (45.8)	18 (6.8)	50 (18.9)	74 (28.0)	1 (0.4)
Admissions prev. (95% CI)	26229	6053 (23.1)	6231 (23.8)	6647 (25.3)	1054 (4.0)	6244 (23.8)
		20.0 (16.8, 23.8)	2.9 (1.8, 4.6)	7.5 (5.7, 9.9)	70.2 (56.3, 87.2)	0.2 (0.0, 0.9)
Year 2018
Cases	259	114 (44.0)	28 (10.8)	55 (21.2)	59 (22.8)	3 (1.2)
Admissions prev. (95% CI)	27986	6142 (21.9)	7627 (27.3)	6239 (22.3)	1487 (5.3)	6491 (23.2)
		18.6 (15.5, 22.2)	3.7 (2.5, 5.3)	8.8 (6.8, 11.5)	39.7 (30.9, 50.8)	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)
Year 2019
Cases	216	93 (43.1)	21 (9.7)	39 (18.1)	57 (26.4)	6 (2.8)
Admissions prev. (95% CI)	27937	6250 (22.4)	7127 (25.5)	6338 (22.7)	1379 (4.9)	6843 (24.5)
		14.9 (12.2, 18.2)	2.9 (1.9, 4.5)	6.2 (4.5, 8.4)	41.3 (32.0, 53.2)	0.9 (0.4, 1.9)