Predicted Number of Infections - This is the estimated number of infections that was predicted to occur if this facility has the same infection rate as the national benchmark.

1. If the Observed number of infections > Predicted number of infections, then this facility has a higher rate of infection than the national benchmark
2. If the Observed number of infections < Predicted number of infections, then this facility has a lower rate of infection than the national benchmark
3. If the Observed number of infections = Predicted number of infections, then this facility has the same rate of infection as the national benchmark.
4. NOTE: If the Predicted number of infections is less than 1, then there is not enough data to calculate a SIR.