Fig. 3From: Epidemiological approach to nosocomial infection surveillance data: the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance SystemStandardized infection ratios of eight Japanese ICUs. Standardized infection ratios were calculated by the indirect standardization method, which consists of dividing the total number of observed nosocomial infections by the total number of expected nosocomial infections based on the Japanese benchmark infection rates that were derived from the JANIS dataBack to article page