A Descriptive Study of Nosocomial Infections in an Adult Intensive Care Unit in Fiji: 2011-12

Table 1

Characteristics of bacteriologically-confirmed nosocomial infections from an adult intensive care unit 2011-2012.

	2011	2012	Total
Age
15–30 yrs	15 (26)	14 (25)	29
31–60 yrs	30 (52)	29 (52)	59
61–100 yrs	12 (21)	12 (21)	24
Unknown	—	2 (4)	2
Sex
Male	38 (66)	34 (60)	72
Female	19 (33)	21 (38)	40
Unknown		2 (4)	2
Admission status
Direct admission	15 (26)	19 (34)	34
Transferred	43 (74)	36 (64)	79
Unknown		1 (2)	1
Length of stay
1–7 days	18 (31)	8 (14)	26
8–14 days	20 (34)	22 (39)	42
15–21 days	10 (17)	7 (13)	17
22–31 days	7 (12)	11 (20)	18
31 days and more	2 (3)	7 (13)	9
Unknown	1 (2)	1 (2)	2
Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilated	57 (98)	54 (96)	111
Not ventilated	0	1 (2)	1
Unknown	1 (2)	1 (2)	2
Patient outcomes
Transferred from ICU	35 (60)	23 (41)	58
Deceased	16 (28)	22 (39)	38
Unknown	7 (12)	11 (20)	18