Table 1

Overview of data of demographic and surveillance parameters of the six participating nursing homes

Nursing home
123456Mean (SD±)
Number of beds9396701001209295.2 (±14.6)
Resident days (total)101 836105 12176 651109 501131 401100 741104 208.5 (±16 048.6)
MDRO cases13762119511.8 (±6.3)
MRSA cases13661913310.0 (±5.5)
Gram-negative bacteria cases (3-MRGN, 4-MRGN)NK102622.2 (±2.0)
Number of MDRO-positive days124210392025320641411401965.5 (±1353.3)
 20116924553064744875381.4 (±257.2)
 2012264421731822164126650.8 (±517.8)
 20132765737441701198639886.5 (±716.7)
Number of MRSA-positive days12421027202528242723901655.2 (±971.1)
Number of MRGN-positive daysNK120382141850372.4 (±541.4)
Average duration per MDRO-ca (in days)95.5148.4337.5152.7218.028.0163.3 (±97.1)
  • MDRO, multidrug-resistant organism; MRGN, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NK, not known.