Research Article
The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Nosocomial Infection Rate: A Case of Iran
Table 1
Nosocomial infection rate before and during COVID-19 outbreak.
| | Time | | Variable | The first four months of the new year (before COVID-19) (n = 7454) | The first four months of the new year (during COVID-19) (n = 6135) | Percentage changes | Chi-square test ( value) | | N (%) | 95% confidence interval | N (%) | 95% confidence interval |
| | Ventilator-associated events (VAEs) | 106 (1.4) | 1.2–1.7 | 83 (1.4) | 1.1–1.6 | — | 0.18 (0.73) | | Pneumonia (PNEU) | 2 (0.0) | 0.0–0.1 | 0 | — | — | — | | Urinary tract infection (UTI) | 59 (0.8) | 0.6–1.0 | 31 (0.5) | 0.3–0.7 | −37.5 | 4.19 (0.04) | | Bloodstream infection (BSI) | 57 (0.8) | 0.6–1.0 | 54 (0.9) | 0.7–1.1 | 12.5 | 0.55 (0.46) | | Surgical site infection (SSI) | 102 (1.4) | 1.1–1.6 | 57 (0.9) | 0.7–1.2 | −35.71 | 5.62 (0.02) | | Others | 15 (0.2) | 0.1–0.3 | 5 (0.1) | 0–0.2 | −50 | 3.28 (0.07) | | Total | 341 (4.6) | 4.1–5.1 | 230 (3.7) | 3.3–4.3 | −19.57 | 5.70 (0.02) |
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