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Table 2 Site of catheter insertion among the CLABSI groups

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

 

Mean (days) ± SD

2–10 days

11–20 days

 > 20 days

P–value

Femoral (n = 13)

15.2 ± 16.1

4/19%

5/25%

4/22.2%

X2= 1.57 P = 0.81

Internal jugular (n = 30)

15.7 ± 8.3

12/57.1%

8/40%

10/55.6%

Subclavian (n = 16)

17.8 ± 10.1

5/23.9%

7/35%

4/22.2%

  1. p ≤ 0.05 significant