Table 3.
Incidence of Infection | Percent of residents with infection | Follow-up time (resident-months) | Rate (infections/1,000 resident-months) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
No device (n=88) | 50 | 57 | 644 | 78 |
Feeding tube (n=30) | 17 | 57 | 100 | 170 |
Urinary catheter (n=48) | 34 | 71 | 128 | 266 |
Feeding tube and urinary catheter (n=12) | 10 | 83 | 35 | 286 |