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. 2017 Mar 22;44(3):283–292. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000327

TABLE 4. HAPI and CAUTI Rates in NDNQI Hospitals That Do and Do Not Employ WOC Certified Nursesa.

Rate N Mean SD 25th Percentile 50th Percentile 75th Percentile
Hospitals employing WOC certified nurses
Total HAPIb 274 2.81 3.92 0.42 1.81 3.46
HAPI stage 2 or aboveb 274 2.16 2.84 0.25 1.35 2.87
HAPI stage 3 or 4b 274 0.27 0.69 0.00 0.00 0.26
CAUTIc 141 2.15 2.26 0.50 1.64 3.09
Hospitals not employing WOC certified nurses
Total HAPIb 362 3.28 5.49 0.24 1.73 4.12
HAPI stage 2 or aboveb 362 2.39 3.60 0.09 1.22 3.12
HAPI stage 3 or 4b 362 0.51 2.12 0.00 0.00 0.09
CAUTIc 265 1.85 2.80 0.12 0.83 2.39
All hospitals
Total HAPIb 636 3.08 4.88 0.35 1.76 3.68
HAPI stage 2 or aboveb 636 2.29 3.29 0.15 1.29 3.04
HAPI stage 3 or 4b 636 0.40 1.66 0.00 0.00 0.18
CAUTIc 406 1.96 2.63 0.23 1.02 2.81

Abbreviations: CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; CCCN, certified continence care nurse; COCN, certified ostomy care nurse; CWCN, certified wound care nurse; CWOCN, certified wound ostomy continence nurse; CWON, certified wound ostomy nurse; HAPI, hospital-acquired pressure injury; NDNQI, National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators; WOC, wound, ostomy, continence.

aHAPI rates are expressed in percentage. CAUTI rates are expressed as number of infections per 1000 catheter days.

bHospitals employing CWOCN, CWCN, and CWONs.

cHospitals employing CWOCN, CCCN, and COCNs.