Duration of central venous catheter placement and central line-associated bloodstream infections after the adoption of prevention bundles: a two-year retrospective study

Table 3 Incidence rate of CLABSIs and MDROs among the CLABSI groups

	2–10 days	11–20 days	> 20 days	p–value
No of catheters	904	202	81
Cath/days	4.585	2.874	2.315
CLABSI (n = 59)	22	17	20	X² = 84 p = 0.001
CLABSI, %	2.43%	8.42%	24.69%	X² = 25.9 p = 0.001
CLABSI, incidence rate (per 1,000 cath/days)	4.80	5.92	8.64	ANOVA, F = 7.61 p = 0.007
MDROs (n = 31)	12	11	8	X² = 29.4 p = 0.001
MDRO, %	1.3%	5.4%	9.9%	X² = 8.05 p = 0.01
MDRO incidence rate (per 1.000 cath/days)	2.62	3.83	3.46	ANOVA, F = 1.05 p = 0.144

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