Table 1 Number of specimens in Annual Open Report 2015 by hospital bed counts
Specimen source | Hospitals ≥200 beds (N = 1177) | Hospitals < 200 beds (N = 258) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of specimens (%) | Proportion of culture-positive specimens | Number of specimens (%) | Proportion of culture-positive specimens | |
Respiratory | 1,992,754 (28.4) | 62.2% | 99,273 (36.6) | 70.9% |
Urine | 859,628 (12.3) | 52.3% | 42,697 (15.8) | 67.6% |
Feces | 529,360 (7.5) | 48.4% | 18,950 (7.0) | 49.3% |
Blood | 2,240,064 (31.9) | 12.8% | 71,851 (26.5) | 15.8% |
Cerebrospinal fluid | 82,111 (1.2) | 4.7% | 1493 (0.6) | 5.8% |
Others | 1,311,329 (18.7) | 46.3% | 36,617 (13.5) | 48.7% |
Total | 7,015,246 (100.0) | 40.5% | 270,881 (100.0) | 50.9% |