Table 2.
The characteristics of chlorhexidine bathing compliance derived from hygiene notes.
| Patient groups | Encounters (n) |
Patients (n) |
Patient-days (days) |
Chlorhexidine baths (n) | Mean LOS/SD (days) |
CHG compliance rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1: patients without hygiene notes | 1815 | 301 | 6624 | 0 | 3.44±3.56 | 0% |
| Group 2: patients with at least one note | 429 | 377 | 3236 | 2267 | 7.54±15.53 | 70.05% |
| ‘No success’ group | 23 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 2.39±1.34 | 0% |
| ‘Success’ group | 407 | 354 | 3181 | 2267 | 7.83±15.91 | 71.27% |
| Group 2 compliance with CHG bathing by LOS | ||||||
| Group 1: 1–5 days | 253 | 231 | 873 | 584 | 3.23±1.19 | 70.99% |
| Group 2: 6–10 days | 91 | 89 | 671 | 523 | 7.37±1.22 | 77.44% |
| Group 3: 11–20 days | 42 | 41 | 606 | 450 | 14.43±2.79 | 74.29% |
| Group 4: 21+ days | 21 | 21 | 1107 | 710 | 52.71±49.96 | 65.69% |
Encounter is a patient hospital admission longer than 24 h.
Compliance is measured as the number of baths per 100 patient-days.