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. 2018 Jul 23;34(12):2118–2126. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfy204

Table 2.

PD-related infection audit practices among facilities in PDOPPS (percentage within country)

Facility characteristics ANZ Canada Japan Thailand UK USA
Number of facilities 18 20 28 22 17 65
Record and track peritonitis episodes, % 100 100 61 96 100 100
Record and track exit-site infection episodes, % 100 95 41 91 88 98
Frequency of calculating peritonitis rates, %
 At least annually 94 95 14 86 94 99
 Less often than annually 6 5 43 14 6 0
 Never 0 0 43 0 0 2
Frequency of calculating exit-site infection rates, %
 At least annually 89 90 7 91 82 97
 Less often than annually 11 5 29 5 6 0
 Never 0 5 64 5 12 3
Target peritonitis rate, median (IQR) episode per patient yeara, median (IQR) 0.33 (0.25–0.50) 0.39 (0.25–0.50) 0.21 (0.20–0.30) 0.50 (0.40–0.67) 0.55 (0.41–0.67) 0.33 (0.13–0.40)
Self-reported peritonitis rate above targeta, % 46 22 50 12 36 50
a

Among facilities that routinely record and track peritonitis episodes. IQR, Interquartile range.