Trends, risk factors and outcomes of healthcare-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit in Italy during 2013–2017

Table 1 Neonates data per birthweight category during the study period

Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total
Hospitalized patients	246	274	311	280	284	1395
Surveilled patients	232	248	287	254	244	1265
Number of patient days^a	8186	7598	7707	7604	8112	39,207
≤ 750 g	1583	990	1083	1502	1156	6314
751–1000 g	1753	2064	1328	820	1108	7073
1001–1500 g	1654	1666	1557	1897	2476	9250
1501–2500 g	2043	2035	2566	2385	2222	11,251
> 2500 g	1153	843	1173	1000	1150	5319
Number of central line days^a	2442	2190	2549	2479	2480	12,140
≤ 750 g	577	477	519	695	405	2673
751–1000 g	629	725	551	292	336	2533
1001–1500 g	503	422	557	620	929	3031
1501–2500 g	490	383	637	704	610	2824
> 2500 g	243	183	285	168	200	1079
Number of ventilator days^a	2018	932	1141	1774	1726	7591
≤ 750 g	897	323	407	826	506	2959
751–1000 g	529	371	406	220	341	1867
1001–1500 g	228	89	134	300	523	1274
1501–2500 g	280	75	90	363	294	1102
> 2500 g	84	74	104	65	62	389

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