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Table 6 Certain IPC components are linked to health care-associated infections in ICUs

From: Evaluation of the implementation of WHO infection prevention and control core components in Turkish health care facilities: results from a WHO infection prevention and control assessment framework (IPCAF)—based survey

 

VAP in ICUs

CLABSI in ICUs

CA-UTI in ICUs

Non-Invasive HAI in ICUs

 

Neonatal Median

Pediatric Median

Adult Median

Neonatal Median

Pediatric Median

Adult Median

Neonatal Median

Pediatric Median

Adult Median

Neonatal Median

Pediatric Median

Adult Median

Hospital

TRH

0.60

1.91

0.27

4.83

1.27

4.80*

0.00

0.00

0.68

0.60

0.11*

1.16

UH

0.00

1.19

5.61

2.37

2.02

5.80*

0.00

0.00

1.24

1.53

1.60*

1.49

CH

6.37

0.76

0.80

6.69

8.20

4.58*

0.00

0.26

0.82

0.97

1.23

0.85

SH

0.00

-

8.63

1.22

-

1.86

0.00

-

1.02

0.00

-

2.23

PH

0.00

-

0.56

0.68

-

0.00

0.00

-

1.22

2.20

-

3.63

Cerficated infection control doctor

Yes

0.00

1.61

1.02*

1.98

3.23

4.81

0.00*

0.00

0.90

0.79

0.80

1.20

No

0.00

1.48

12.91*

5.06

0.29

4.39

45.04*

0.26

2.15

2.07

2.81

3.35

Cerficated infection control nurse

Yes

 

1.24

1.34

2.52

3.23

4.78

0.00

0.00

0.85*

0.80

1.14

1.35

No

0.00

1.48

9.07

0.88

0.29

12.2

0.00

0.00

3.25*

1.1

0.13

2.6

Feedback for hand hygiene compliance frequency

Once a month

0.00

0.00*

2.91

0.44

0.59

1.28

0.00

0.00

1.14

0.18

0.68

3.66

Once in three months

0.21

1.24

1.18

2.43

2.35

5.27

0.00

0.00

0.89

0.80

1.01

1.27

Less than once in three months

1.95

4.45*

9.64

7.43

8.35

6.34

-

4.04*

1.15

1.12

7.33

5.39

None

-

-

1.48

-

-

2.79

-

-

0.42

-

-

0.91

Frequency of report of antiseptic using

Once a month

0.00

0.00

0.54

0.88

0.59

0.00*

0.00

0.00

0.23

1.99

0.26

0.45

Once in three months

0.12

2.21

1.01

1.70

2.35

4.81*

0.00

0.00

0.90

0.65

0.88

1.62

None

0.00

0.48

6.75

4.37

7.47

5.04*

0.00

0.79

1.06

1.95

1.36

1.19

Nurse per bed in the daytime

 < 0.5

0.00

3.50

6.75

2.37

10.5

4.68

0.00

0.00

0.81

0.00

1.30

1.62

 ≥ 0.5

0.58

1.50

0.71

1.82

2.00

4.80

0.00

0.00

1.01

0.83

0.65

1.27

Nurse per bed at night

 < 0.5

0.00

2.00

5.56

2.49

6.00

4.68

0.00

1.00

1.09

1.09

1.28

1.64

 ≥ 0.5

0.00

1.50

1.01

1.21

4.50

4.80

0.00

0.00

0.83

0.60

0.80

1.28

Number of hospital bed

 ≤ 500

0.00

0.00

0.56

0.00

0.50*

2.17*

0.00

0.00*

0.60

0.19

0.34

1.06

501—1000

0.12

1.50

0.74

3.74

4.50

5.12

0.00

0.00

0.96

0.60

1.60

1.25

 > 1001

3.39

4.00

6.06

3.54

10.0*

5.87*

0.00

0.50*

1.08

1.06

0.77

1.93

  1. VAP Ventilator-associated pneumonia, CLABSI Central line- associated blood stream infections, CA-UTI Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, HAI Health care-associated infection, IPC Infection prevention and control, TRH Training and Research Hospitals, UH University Hospitals, CH City Hospitals, SH State Hospitals, PH Private Hospitals, ICU Intensive care unit, * Significant relationship between HAIs and IPC components (p < 0.005)
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