Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics between the intervention and control groups
Variable | Period 1 (n = 1888) | Period 2 (n = 1018) | Statistic | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CABSIs | 173 (9.16) | 57 (5.60) | 4.771* | 0.029 |
Age, mean (SD),y | 60.50 17.11) | 61.66 (17.08) | -1.745†| 0.081 |
Male | 1227 (64.99) | 658 (64.64) | 0.036* | 0.849 |
Department | ||||
Surgical-ICU | 492(26.06) | 305(29.96) | 83.981* |  < 0.001 |
Emergency-ICU | 876(46.40) | 369(36.25) | Â | Â |
Medical-ICU | 259(13.72) | 250(24.56) | Â | Â |
Geriatrics-ICU | 125(6.62) | 39(3.83) | Â | Â |
Neurology-ICU | 23(1.22) | 20(1.96) | Â | Â |
Neurosurgical-ICU | 113(5.99) | 35(3.44) | Â | Â |
CVC insertion sites | ||||
Femoral | 721(38.19) | 302(29.67) | 42.854* |  < 0.001 |
Subclavian | 551(29.18) | 416(40.86) | Â | Â |
Internal jugular | 676(32.63) | 300(29.47) | Â | Â |
Community Infections | 476(25.21) | 254(24.95) | 0.024* | 0.877 |
Scheduled or Non-scheduled Surgery | 1776(94.07) | 942(92.53) | 2.570* | 0.109 |
Allogeneic Blood Transfusion | 1203(63.72) | 689(67.68) | 4.573* | 0.032 |
Urinary Catheter Insertion | 1433(75.90) | 729(71.61) | 6.389* | 0.011 |
Hemodialysis | 21(1.11) | 10(0.98) | 0.106* | 0.745 |
Mechanical Ventilation | 1284(68.01) | 658(64.64) | 3.392* | 0.066 |
Tracheotomy | 191(10.12) | 109(10.71) | 0.249* | 0.618 |
Hypertension | 612(32.45) | 338(33.20) | 0.186* | 0.666 |
Diabetes mellitus | 384(20.29) | 231(22.69) | 2.194* | 0.139 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | 227(12.02) | 108(10.61) | 1.297* | 0.255 |
Principal diagnosis | ||||
Certain infectious diseases and parasites | 89(4.71) | 92(9.04) | 60.749* |  < 0.001 |
Tumor | 110(5.83) | 73(7.17) | Â | Â |
Blood and hematopoietic diseases and certain diseases involving immune mechanisms | 7(0.37) | 1(0.10) | Â | Â |
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 37(1.96) | 26(2.55) | Â | Â |
Mental and behavioral disorders | 8(0.42) | 4(0.39) | Â | Â |
Nervous system diseases | 31(1.64) | 26(2.55) | Â | Â |
Circulatory diseases | 370(19.60) | 182(17.88) | Â | Â |
Respiratory diseases | 469(24.84) | 221(21.71) | Â | Â |
Digestive diseases | 309(16.37) | 217(21.32) | Â | Â |
Skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases | 4(0.21) | 5(0.49) | Â | Â |
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases | 15(0.79) | 3(0.29) | Â | Â |
Genitourinary diseases | 66(3.50) | 29(2.85) | Â | Â |
Pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium | 8(0.42) | 5(0.49) | Â | Â |
Congenital malformations, deformation, and chromosomal abnormalities | 6(0.32) | 2(0.20) | Â | Â |
Abnormal symptoms, signs, clinical and laboratory results, and cannot be classified in other categories | 20(1.06) | 5(0.496) | Â | Â |
Injury, poisoning and other external pathogenic factors | 337(17.85) | 126(12.38) | Â | Â |
External causes of illness and death | 2(0.11) | 1(0.10) | Â | Â |