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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Mar 29;37(7):782–790. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.54

Table 3.

Factors influencing acuity-unrelated within-hospital transfers

Factors Adjusted OR 95% CI p value
MRSA/VRE Flag Status
 MRSA/VRE Flag1 1.19 1.13 1.26 <.0001
 No flag for MRSA/VRE Ref
Severity of illness (acuity) on admission
 Observation Unit 0.68 0.64 0.72 <.0001
 General Care Unit Ref
 Step-Down Unit 1.41 1.32 1.50 <.0001
 Intensive Care Unit 1.24 1.16 1.31 <.0001
Clinical service
 Surgical Ref <.0001
 Medical 1.08 1.04 1.12
Discharge destination
 Home Ref
 Facility 2.23 2.13 2.33 <.0001
 Death 1.62 1.45 1.82 0.1422

Adjusted ORs were also controlled for gender, age, admit day of week, residence prior to admission and hospitalization within the previous 30 days (data not shown). Unadjusted OR for MRSA/VRE flag status of flag vs. no flag was 1.55 [95% CI: 1.47 – 1.63] (data not shown).

1

The odds of experiencing acuity-unrelated transfers for patients with a MRSA flag, VRE flag, and both MRSA and VRE flag were 1.24, 1.27, and 0.98, compared to patients with no flag, respectively.