Table 1. Characteristics of Patients With CVCs Stratified by Infection Status.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 50 254) | With CLABSI (n = 647) | Without CLABSI (n = 51 827) | |||||
| >2 Concurrent CVCs (n = 130)a | 2 Concurrent CVCs (n = 79) | No Concurrent CVC (n = 438) | >2 Concurrent CVCs (n = 2090) | 2 Concurrent CVCs (n = 4578) | No Concurrent CVC (n = 45 159) | ||
| Hospital | |||||||
| A | 2196 (4.4) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (2.5) | 7 (1.6) | 37 (1.8) | 107 (2.3) | 2040 (4.5) |
| B | 8201 (16.3) | 12 (9.2) | 2 (2.5) | 31 (7.1) | 363 (17.4) | 628 (13.7) | 7165 (15.9) |
| C | 27 389 (54.5) | 76 (58.5) | 62 (78.5) | 283 (64.6) | 1166 (55.8) | 2701 (59.0) | 23 101 (51.2) |
| D | 14 688 (29.2) | 39 (30.0) | 13 (16.5) | 117 (26.7) | 524 (25.1) | 1142 (24.9) | 12 853 (28.5) |
| Women | 26 661 (53.1) | 49 (37.7) | 39 (49.4) | 201 (45.9) | 922 (44.1) | 2236 (48.8) | 23 214 (51.4) |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 49 (45-69) | 59 (43-69) | 60 (46-68) | 59 (45-67) | 59 (47-69) | 58 (47-67) | 59 (45-69) |
| CCI score, median (IQR) | 4 (2-7) | 6 (4-8) | 4 (2-7) | 4 (2-7) | 6 (4-8) | 5 (3-7) | 4 (2-7) |
| Receiving chemotherapy | 1793 (3.6) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (3.8) | 24 (5.5) | 21 (1.0) | 90 (2.0) | 1653 (3.7) |
| Receiving TPN | 5702 (11.3) | 39 (30.0) | 16 (20.3) | 95 (21.7) | 479 (22.9) | 675 (14.7) | 4398 (9.7) |
| Receiving hemodialysis | 8531 (17.0) | 42 (32.3) | 30 (38.0) | 47 (10.7) | 901 (43.1) | 1779 (38.9) | 5732 (12.7) |
| CVC type | |||||||
| Port | 12 834 (25.5) | 25 (19.2) | 33 (41.8) | 103 (23.5) | 253 (12.1) | 1149 (25.1) | 11 271 (25.0) |
| PICC | 19 092 (38.0) | 46 (35.4) | 28 (35.4) | 128 (29.2) | 731 (35.0) | 2158 (47.1) | 16 001 (35.4) |
| Otherb | 18 325 (36.5) | 76 (58.5) | 57 (72.2) | 169 (38.6) | 1649 (78.9) | 3048 (66.6) | 13 326 (29.5) |
Abbreviations: CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; CLABSI, central line–associated bloodstream infection; CVC, central venous catheter; IQR, interquartile range; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter; port, implanted central venous catheters requiring percutaneous puncture to access; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.
a
Concurrence was defined as any 2 CVCs present for 2 or more of the same days.
b
Includes CVC types not listed in the other categories (eg, pulmonary artery catheter, introducer, tunneled CVC, multilumen catheter).