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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2014 Aug;42(8):847–851. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.04.020

Table 2. Compliance with selected CLABSI prevention practices in 190 study NICUs.

Presence of Written Policy for Prevention Practices Response to Extent of Compliance
N (%) All the time
(95-100%)		 Usually
(75-94%)		 Sometimes
(25-74%)		 Missing
Responses		 Don't
Know		 No
Monitoring
Checklist (163, 85.8%) 85 (52.1%) 28 (17.2 %) 4 (2.5%) 10 (6.1%) 21 (12.9%) 15 (9.2%)
Hand Hygiene (176, 92.6%) 110 (62.5%) 20 (11.4%) 2 (1.1%) 8 (4.5%) 19 (10.8%) 17 (9.7%)
Maximal Barrier Precautions (177, 93.2%) 111 (62.7%) 15 (8.5%) 2 (1.1%) 12 (6.8%)* 16 (9.0)% 21 (11.9%)
Optimal catheter site (165, 86.8%) 97 (58.8%) 22 (13.3%) 1 (0.6%) 10 (6.1%) 17 (10.3%) 18 (10.9%)
Daily Necessity (160, 84.2%,) 80 (50.0%) 29 (18.1%) 4 (2.5%) 12 (7.5%) 17 (10.6%) 18 (11.3%)
*

One respondent observed compliance rates for maximal barrier precautions to be rarely/ never (< 25%)