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Table 3 Compliance with the use of case definitions in national prevalence surveys reported by ward personnel in hospitals in spring 2007, Norway

From: Evaluation of the national surveillance system for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitals and in long-term care facilities for elderly in Norway, 2002-2008

 

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Total

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 

Use of case definitions

134 (39)

68 (20)

91 (27)

39 (11)

9 (3)

n = 341

Use of 48 h cut-off*

107 (33)

67 (21)

47 (14)

57 (17)

49 (15)

n = 327

  1. *Healthcare-associated infection: an infection that is associated with a stay in a healthcare institution and that was not present or in the incubation period (= 48 h) at the time of admission