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 3

Prevalence estimates of HA-BSI among admitted patients and in isolates, stratified by month of admission, Oman.

Month	Admissions	BSI Patients	BSI isolates	Prev. ^aper patients	Prev. ^aper isolates
January	13710	118	150	8.6 (7.2, 10.3)	10.9 (9.3, 12.8)
February	10868	96	128	8.8 (7.2, 10.8)	11.8 (9.9, 14.0)
March	12866	102	135	7.9 (6.5, 9.6)	10.5 (8.9, 12.4)
April	11169	95	121	8.5 (7.0, 10.4)	10.8 (9.1, 12.9)
May	12858	113	137	8.8 (7.3, 10.6)	10.7 (9.0, 12.6)
June	10798	103	141	9.5 (7.9, 11.6)	13.1 (11.1, 15.4)
July	12364	96	130	7.8 (6.4, 9.5)	10.5 (8.9, 12.5)
August	10112	111	136	11.0 (9.1, 13.2)	13.4 (11.4, 15.9)
September	12125	107	138	8.8 (7.3, 10.7)	11.4 (9.6, 13.4)
October	10192	96	129	9.4 (7.7, 11.5)	12.7 (10.7, 15.0)
November	12304	109	138	8.9 (7.3, 10.7)	11.2 (9.5, 13.2)
December	10317	100	119	9.7 (8.0, 11.8)	11.5 (9.6, 13.8)
Total	139683	1246	1602	8.9 (8.4, 9.4)	11.5 (10.9, 12.0)