Table 2.
Hospital Associated Infections (HAI), by Study Phase
| Infections, Bath Basin Phase (rate/1000 patient days)) N=7981 patient days |
Infections, Washcloth Phase (rate/1000 patient days)) N=8053 patient days |
IRR (95% CI) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total HAI | 16 (2.0) | 17 (2.1) | 1.05 (0.50–2.23) | 0.88 |
| Device Infections | 0 (0) | 6 (0.7) | --- | --- |
| Total BSI | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.5) | 1.98 (0.28–21.9) | 0.46 |
| CLABSI | 0 | 3 (0.4) | --- | |
| BSI, non-CLABSI | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0.50 (0.008– 9.52) | 0.62 |
| Wound | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 0.33 (0.006– 4.11) | 0.37 |
| SSI | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0) | --- | |
| Wound, non-SSI | 0 | 1 (0.1) | --- | |
| Total UTI | 6 (0.8) | 6 (0.7) | 0.99 (0.26–3.71) | 0.99 |
| CAUTI | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) | --- | --- |
| UTI, non-CAUTI | 6 (0.8) | 3 (0.4) | 0.50 (0.08–2.32) | 0.34 |
| CDAD | 5 (0.6) | 6 (0.7) | 1.19 (0.30–4.93) | 0.79 |
IQR: Inter-Quartile Range; AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; BSI: Blood Stream Infections; CLABSI: Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections; SSI: Surgical Site Infections; UTI: Urinary Tract Infections; CAUTI: Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection; CDAD: Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease; IRR: Incidence Rate Ratio.