Table 1.

Central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network from short-term acute care hospitals, stratified by location type and calculated both including and excluding mucosal barrier injury laboratory confirmed bloodstream infection (MBI-LCBI) events, 2014.

Location type	No. locations	No. CLABSI	No. MBI-LCBI	Central line-days	CLABSI ratea (including MBI-LCBI events)	CLABSI ratea (excluding MBI-LCBI events)	% change in CLABSI rate when MBI-LCBI excluded (95% confidence interval)
Adult
Adult critical care	5117	7585	141	8,595,842	0.88	0.87	1.9%, (−0.4–4.0%)
Adult specialty care area	34	86	5	84,947	1.01	0.95	5.8%, (−19.4–22.3%)
Adult step down	961	764	16	1,034,532	0.74	0.72	2.1%, (−5.4–8.6%)
Adult ward	7932	4604	236	6,536,683	0.70	0.67	5.1%, (2.3–7.8%)
Other adult locationb	215	144	15	202,575	0.71	0.64	10.4%, (−7.1–23.0%)
Oncology
Adult oncology critical care	19	57	17	53,337	1.07	0.75	29.8%, (5.2–44.3%)
Adult oncology ward	413	2559	1172	1,392,652	1.84	1.00	45.8%, (43.6–47.8%)
Oncology step down	9	11	1	23,004	0.48	0.43	9.1%, (−122.3–42.9%)
Pediatric oncology critical care	3	8	2	2724	2.94	2.20	25.0%, (−144.3–55.7%)
Pediatric oncology ward	88	679	327	330,884	2.05	1.06	48.2%, (43.9–51.8%)
Pediatric
Neonatal critical care	1010	1539	8	1,426,777	1.08	1.07	0.5%, (−4.7–5.3%)
Pediatric critical care	405	679	28	585,476	1.16	1.11	4.1%, (−3.7–44.3%)
Pediatric specialty care area	1	4	0	4313	0.93	0.93	0.0%, –
Pediatric step down	25	28	0	22,745	1.23	1.23	0.0%, –
Pediatric ward	501	346	41	361,638	0.96	0.84	11.9%, (1.5–20.3%)
Other pediatric locationb	22	37	8	32,987	1.12	0.88	21.6%, (−15.6–40.7%)
All locations	16,755	19,130	2017	20,691,116	0.92	0.83	10.5%, (9.3–11.8%)

^aPooled mean CLABSI rate/1000 central line-days shown

^bOther adult locations include mixed acuity and long-term care location types. Other pediatric locations included mixed acuity pediatric locations.