Total no of units | 49 |
No of beds per unit | |
Mean (SD) | 18.8 (8.2) |
Median (range) | 16.0 (8–40) |
Unit size | N (per cent of total) |
Small (1–5 beds) | 0 (0.0) |
Medium (6–15 beds) | 20 (40.8) |
Large (16–30 beds) | 23 46.9) |
Very large (>30 beds) | 6 (12.2) |
National Healthcare Safety Network unit type* | N (per cent of Total) |
Medical/surgical | 25 (51.0) |
Medical | 8 (16.3) |
Surgical | 2 (4.1) |
Surgical cardiothoracic | 4 (8.2) |
Medical cardiac | 3 (6.1) |
Neurosurgical | 5 (10.2) |
Neurologic | 2 (4.1) |
*The categorisation of ICU location types follows the definitions provided by the National Healthcare Safety Network (see ‘Master Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Locations and Descriptions’ table at https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/pscmanual/15locationsdescriptions_current.pdf).