Table 4.
Absolute number of catheters removed due to dysfunction, catheter days of exposure and crude incidence of catheter dysfunction among tunneled and nontunneled catheters during baseline and intervention phases
Subgroup | Baseline phase | Intervention phase |
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Tunneled catheters | ||
Events, n | 380 | 390 |
Catheter days | 466,504 | 624,480 |
Crude incidence, per 1000 catheter days | 0.81 | 0.62 |
Nontunneled catheters | ||
Events, n | 58 | 45 |
Catheter days | 15,359 | 14,042 |
Crude incidence, per 1000 catheter days | 3.78 | 3.20 |