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Table 3 Device-associated bloodstream infections per 1000 patient-days by study group

From: A multimodal intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in peripheral wards of a tertiary care university centre: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Device

Intervention group

Control group

 

Number of BSIs

Mean rate/1000 patient-days (CI95)

Number of BSIs

Mean rate/1000 patient-days (CI95)

IRR (CI95), p-value

All

84

0.71 (0.57, 0.88)

123

1.16 (0.96, 1.38)

0.61 (0.46, 0.81), < 0.01

Peripheral venous catheter

10

0.08 (0.04, 0.16)

11

0.10 (0.05, 0.19)

0.82 (0.34, 1.96), 0.65

Central venous port

20

0.17 (0.10, 0.26)

21

0.20 (0.12, 0.30)

0.86 (0.46, 1.59), 0.62

Central venous catheter

36

0.31 (0.21, 0.42)

75

0.71 (0.56, 0.89)

0.43 (0.29, 0.64), < 0.01

Other

18

0.15 (0.09, 0.24)

16

0.15 (0.09, 0.24)

1.01 (0.51, 2.01), 0.97

  1. Abbreviations: BSIs bloodstream infections, IRR incidence rate ratio, CI95 95% confidence interval