Lower risk of bloodstream infections for peripherally inserted central catheters compared to central venous catheters in critically ill patients

Table 2 CLABSI and CLABSI-MDROs incidence rate among CVC/PICC groups

	PICCs	CVCs	P-value
No of catheters	639	1187
Total catheter-days	11,110	9774
No of CLABSI	18	59	X² = 4.74 P = 0.029
CLABSI incidence rate (per 1000 cath-days)	1.62	6.03	T-test, p < 0.001
No of CLABSI-MDRO	4	31	X² = 8.7 P = 0.003
CLABSI-MDRO incidence rate (per 1000 cath-days)	0.36	3.17	T-test, p < 0.001

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